Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 16 July 2025
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy
Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Electricity Sector
2:00 am
Naoise Ó Muirí (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
We will do a second round. We are tight on time so we will do two minutes apiece. I remind witnesses that we are looking for barriers. What I am seeing based on the submissions and what I am hearing is that for ESB Networks, the main issue is resource constraints, which sounds like manpower. From EirGrid, I am hearing that access to land, public engagement and getting that right are the barriers. Wind Energy Ireland is pretty clear that the issue is with the grid, its capacity and the storage issue we mentioned. Could members consider those issues because this is where we are trying to get to?
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