Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

We hear of delays in network access and in people being paid for electricity they provide to the grid and that this will be resolved next quarter. Where do the witnesses see that matter now, in terms of being comprehensively addressed?

Mr. Connolly mentioned two issues related to Department of Finance. One was the capital gains tax rule on 50% solar. The principals for which we have these provisions in place for family farms are as applicable to people producing energy as to those producing food. It is a public good and it is a recognition of the importance of that being maintained in a community. The second concerned the VAT rates that apply. Has the ISEA been in negotiations with the Department of Finance and has it been more forthcoming than the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage was in respect of the previous issue?