David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

As the Taoiseach knows, solar is a renewable energy source that is quick to deploy, but it faces many of the same institutional barriers as wind. Changes in planning for rooftop panels on residential and other buildings will finally bring Ireland into line with the EU's solar rooftops initiative. However, issues remain for larger projects that are reliant on a decision by An Bord Pleanála. A solar project can take three months to construct but a year and a half to go through the planning process and even after all the delays, the Government has still managed to overpromise and underdeliver on microgeneration.

Is the Taoiseach aware households will not receive payments for the excess energy they generate until the end of this year at the earliest and are being offered as little as 14 cent per kilowatt-hour, which is ridiculous? It has been promised all schools will get solar panels. Will the full cost of those projects be covered for those schools or will it be just partial costs, as in the case of the microgeneration installation scheme the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications announced yesterday?

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