The ESB has rejected a suggestion made in the Dail this week that it is seeking a refund of five million euro it promised to the Just Transition fund.
Former Agriculture Minister Barry Cowan claimed that the semi-state company had applied to the Energies Regulator to reclaim the money it had promised last March to offset the impact of the closure of the Lanesboro and Shannonbridge power plants.
The Offaly TD also claimed that no jobs had been created out of the plans and just over €160,000 euro had been claimed successfully so far.
In a statement to Shannonside Northern sound, the ESB says that every year it makes a submission to Commission for Regulation of Utilities to draw down the agreed costs over the lifetime of the Midland plants which are now closed.
It has confirmed that the costs submitted this year include the ongoing site remediation and environmental management costs, which form part of the closure costs for the stations, but did not include the cost of the contribution to the Just Transition fund.
