Jackie Cahill (Tipperary, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank the witnesses for this informative session. The roadblocks restricting the potential of solar farming could be removed easily enough. We will put Deputy Leddin's proposal to the Minister for Finance and, hopefully, that will remove one of them. Access to the grid is the major stumbling block that we must overcome. If solar farming is to work, whether on land or on roofs, access to the grid is key and farmers need to be able to sell surplus power they are generating on farmyard roofs. When we see the solar panels in place on our travels in other countries in Europe, it shows that are light years behind. We have the potential to do this and we must drive it forward.