Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 9 April 2014
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications
Developments in Renewable Energy Technologies and Practices: SEAI
10:45 am
Dr. Brian Motherway:
I am not sure because the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources is still considering its options. I will find out what is in the public domain and send it directly to the Deputy if I can. Yesterday I spoke at a very interesting conference in Dublin on community-owned renewable energy which involved co-operative movements from all around Europe. They made the valid point which the Deputy made that often, in terms of local ownership and acceptance, when the community is benefitting directly from such a local, bottom-up project, it can bring many benefits. We are in favour of having more of that here.
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