Richard O'Donoghue (Limerick County, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I am sorry to cut across Ms Graham, but I want to get this right. The question is if hotels and other such areas are included. Most solar farms at the moment are being put in fields because they are not recommended to go on roofs. Many of the roof designs are not capable of accommodating solar panels because of the wind that could be trapped which would cause vibrations. They are great for flat roofs with a slight slope, which is fine, but when you have an elevated roof at 25° or 30° many of them are not designed to accommodate them.

Often, if one goes out with a sheet of cardboard on a windy day, the wind has a certain amount of vibration. It can loosen slates on roofs. Many people are going to their fields now where they have a field. Can they transfer the same size of the area of their roof space to a field and look for an exemption?