Michael Moynihan (Cork North West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Close to €150 million will be spent on subsidising wind energy in 2015-16. Is this value for money? The National Competitiveness Council, NCC, states: "It is critically important for the effective functioning of the all island electricity market that renewable generation capacity is subject to market forces to the greatest extent possible. As a mature technology, price supports for new onshore wind projects should be discontinued when REFIT 2 ends in 2017". What is the Minister’s opinion of those statements? Does he believe we are over-reliant on wind energy to meet our commitments on carbon and so forth?

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