Alex White (Dublin South, Labour) | Oireachtas source

The supports for the peat stations will cease in 2019. Decisions have been made about those subsidies. This will be a transition. It will not happen in one fell swoop because there are people whose livelihoods and jobs depend on many of these generating stations. We have to ensure that the transition also serves people who have worked for many years with these old technologies and show them the positive opportunities and potential that now exists in terms of embracing new technologies and renewable energy. There will be jobs and great potential for jobs and job creation in the renewable energy sector, not just in onshore wind but across the board. These issues are being actively addressed and are treated and elaborated in the White Paper, which will be published tomorrow.

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