Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 4 December 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action

Renewable Energy - Wind, Solar and Biogas: Discussion

Mr. David Maguire:

I think there should be a feed-in tariff, but it is up to each individual Government body. The Senator also asked about planning and best practice. As an industry, we looked at best practice in planning guidance across various EU member states. We produced our own document, which we submitted to the Department. We asked all of our members to adhere to that. The bar is significantly higher than the statutory planning requirement with regard to public engagement and guidance. We can make that document available to the committee.