Electricity Costs (Emergency Measures) Domestic Accounts Bill 2023

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• Establishes two emergency schemes (Scheme III and Submeter Support) providing electricity cost payments to domestic accounts from enactment until 30 June 2024.
• Exempts emergency benefit and submeter support payments from income tax; amends Electricity Regulation Act 1999 and Taxes Consolidation Act 1997.
• Gives distribution operators, suppliers, and utilities regulator powers to administer schemes; Minister can make operational regulations.

Stage timeline

1. First Stage 33rd Dáil

   19 Oct 2023
2. Second Stage 33rd Dáil

   19 Oct 2023
3. Committee Stage 33rd Dáil

   25 Oct 2023
4. Report Stage 33rd Dáil

   25 Oct 2023
5. Fifth Stage 33rd Dáil

   25 Oct 2023
6. Second Stage 26th Seanad

   25 Oct 2023
7. Committee Stage 26th Seanad

   8 Nov 2023
8. Report Stage 26th Seanad

   8 Nov 2023
9. Fifth Stage 26th Seanad

   8 Nov 2023
10. Enacted

    10 Nov 2023