PSO Levy

Why do we have to pay another PSO Levy?

The PSO levy is charged to all electricity customers. It is designed to support the national policy objectives of security of energy supply, the use of indigenous fuels (i.e. peat) and of renewable energy sources in electricity generation. Specifically, the proceeds of the levy are used to recoup the additional costs incurred by ESB and other suppliers in having to source a proportion of their electricity supplies from such generators. [1]

Three things.

Peat is not a renewable resource and we should not be subsidising any use of it as a source of energy.

We have massive offshore gas reserves which we have practically given away to multinationals.

The PSO is just another bad tax just another bad tax.

[1] Public Service Obligation Levy.

Saving Childhood Ryan are:

eight organisations working on behalf of children and survivors of abuse. We have come together to mark the first anniversary of the Ryan Report.

I applaud the campaign, but I am horrified by the name. I believe it belittles the crimes which have been identified in the Ryan Report.

Whenever these (or similar) crimes come up in conversation, I refuse to refer to them as child abuse. We can abuse alcohol, power, drugs, the system, and such. What Catholic religious orders have done to children in this country is an abhorrence, and their systematic coverup equally so.

As a small token I have registered http://stopchildrape.com, which I believe is a more accurate name for this campaign for justice. I am redirecting all traffic to Saving Childhood Ryan.