Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 25 June 2025
Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy
Carbon Budget: Climate Change Advisory Council
2:00 am
Ms Marie Donnelly:
I thank the Deputy for the question. He has pointed to one of the key elements of our proposal, which is the necessity to have our own sustainable energy available to us. We had targets up to 2030 for the roll-out of onshore wind and solar. Unfortunately we are not on track for those. We are considerably off-track on our targets of 9 MW of wind and 8 MW of solar. We have considerable delays. We have many structures in place to achieve that but it is just not happening fast enough on the ground. Those targets are not just targets for the sake of it. They have been put together to match the energy demand in the country, to allow us to become closer to self-sufficiency in energy by achieving those targets. What are the areas-----
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