Róisín Garvey (Green Party) | Oireachtas source

If putting up solar panels, you should check first you have done all you can to reduce electricity demands. Reduction is the key and provision of electricity is the second one. We need better trained people in the LEOs and Enterprise Ireland to give advice to businesses, come in, do an energy audit and cut down on electricity. It have done this. It makes a huge difference. Then you go and take action.

The green for micro initiative the Minister mentioned is brilliant but only 300 businesses have taken it up out of 250,000. There is something wrong there. If the grant is not tied to it, it will not be done. People just go for the grants.