Darren O'Rourke (Meath East, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

A number of points arise. There is a significantly increased ambition regarding solar energy, with a goal of 5 GW by 2025, which was announced to great fanfare, but it will take much work to deliver on that. There is significant opportunity at a smaller scale, outside of utility scale, to realise that and to bring people along and have them play their part. There are a number of key elements. We should not be entirely dependent on utility scale and I am concerned that we will end up being dependent. There is a consultation about direct lines, but it has been postponed repeatedly. It was to be delivered in the first quarter of 2023. That has not happened. When will it happen? The Minister of State finished mentioned small-scale generation policy. When will we see that?

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