Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 4 October 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action

Energy Prices: Discussion

Mr. Joe Duignan:

We are also cognisant that the Department is running a consultation with regard to support schemes. What we have seen in respect of microgeneration is that, once national Government policy changed, the increase came. That is why we are doing the pilot scheme of mini-generation in advance of the support scheme being put in place. The level of Exchequer funding for support and how that support scheme is run will also impact takeup. There are several factors but we are gearing up for a very large increase in this space.