Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 2 July 2025
Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy
Carbon Budget: Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment
2:00 am
Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal East, Fianna Fail)
I do not want to be evasive and I am not being so. I have answered many questions from the Deputy on this. There is an existing planning application there that I am not referring to, but I can say the State's position is our future in energy is in renewables. I cannot be clearer than that. Our whole effort will be to accelerate the delivery of renewables. The FSRU is about energy security on a temporary basis. We are not in any way looking for additional LNG facilities from a Government perspective but I will not reach into the planning process. Should I be asked for a policy statement with regard to a clarification by An Coimisinéir Pleanála in relation to this, I will assess the correspondence that comes in and answer that in the appropriate way. Our target is 80% renewables by 2030. We will not do that if we allow additional gas facilities.
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