Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 8 November 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Skills and Supports Required for Businesses to Meet Decarbonisation Targets: Discussion

Dr. Fergus Sharkey:

I will take this question. I understand Deputy Stanton is talking about the solar PV registers. There are two separate registers. One is for domestic and one is for non-domestic. For each installation, we are in receipt of what is known colloquially as a RECI certificate. This is now a Safe Electric REC certificate and the registered electrical contractor's number is included on it. We do a certain amount of cross-checking of those at an administrative stage during the payment to ensure that the registration is up to date. Also, all installers have to reregister on an annual basis and show that their insurance, registration and so on is up to date.