Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 15 July 2025

Committee on Budgetary Oversight

Quarterly Economic Commentary: Economic and Social Research Institute

2:00 am

Dr. Muireann Lynch:

I cannot speak to that specifically but if a wind farm has to be decommissioned, you cannot really just walk away and not decommission it. The question is whether they should be decommissioned. From an energy policy point of view, it seems it would be optimal to re-energise a lot of these sites, yet, for regulatory reasons as the Cathaoirleach mentioned, that is not happening.