Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 8 November 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action
Irish Experience of Community-led Climate Action: Public Participation Networks
Mr. Charles Stanley-Smith:
Tipperary is fortunate in having the Tipperary Energy Agency for many a year. We do have energy communities, which are working. There is much retrofitting and all that sort of stuff going on. I like the Deputy's question to which I do not know the answer. We are talking about policies. How do we get people involved in actions? Due to the time frame, we do not have much more time, if any, to discuss policies.
We need to get to the actions. How do we get local people involved and how do we bring them together? I do not know the answer, but the PPNs would certainly be a good starting point from which to do this. They are involved with every aspect of communities. They have representatives from member groups right across the board, from the GAA and every other organisation. There is something here which provides an opportunity to move on to action, because we must do this.
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