Jennifer Whitmore (Wicklow, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

Great. I thank Ms Stewart. I will ask the SEAI a question. I met Mr. Walsh last week in County Wicklow where Bray fire station is the first county building to be fully decarbonised. It is a very positive project. I understand that was funded under the pathfinder project for Wicklow County Council. That is really welcome.

In the work SEAI is doing, is consideration given to the fact that, with certain buildings, it is not just whether you can just decarbonise them but whether you can make them energy positive? Looking at the schools programme, there was a push for each school to have solar panels installed. The solar panels were only 6 kW, which is less than what would be on a three-bedroom house. It is a very low amount of generation capacity. Is it part of the SEAI’s considerations to look at schools or other large buildings that have large roof space and decide they are good sites for much larger solar projects which would then be able to feed into the grid and be energy positive and perhaps feed into the local communities in certain areas to help them with their energy bills? Is that part of the SEAI’s considerations?