Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 18 April 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action

Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) Bill 2023

Photo of Lynn BoylanLynn Boylan (Sinn Fein)
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The Irish Wind Farmers Association wrote to the committee and stated that the Department and the Minister had failed to engage with it. The association made the point that there is scope for flexibility in the EU regulations to the effect that community windfarms do not have to have the same standard applied to them. Did the Department engage with the association? We only have its word.