Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 10 October 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action

Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed)

2:00 pm

Mr. John McCarthy:

I will take the questions in turn. I cannot talk about offshore renewable policy because that is not our area. It is a matter for the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment. With regard to the onshore element, we would love to have had the wind guidelines in place. Many policy issues have had to be worked through under many different Governments. Unfortunately, what delayed us at the end was the impact of a European Court of Justice judgment which meant we had to go through a SEA process. We are at a point where we will be able to put that SEA and the environmental report out to consultation in the next few weeks.