James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)

It would also encourage small companies to become involved in green energy production, including tidal and wave energy. The possibility of Ireland being a net exporter of energy, as these technologies improve, cannot be ruled out. The Minister of State said the Government is encouraging this but it is not doing so quickly enough. People are being penalised and they cannot access the grid.

In Germany those who net feed into the grid get paid almost three times the amount they are charged in recognition of their carbon free energy source.

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