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

There are unnecessary barriers. It is not the Minister of State's responsibility but as I understand the targeted agriculture modernisation scheme, TAMS, 3 criteria, they are not getting paid for their excess electricity. They still cannot sell back to the grid or export. The community energy grant run by SEAI is available for businesses but there is a level of bureaucracy. We had the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment before the Joint Committee on Environment and Climate Action last week. It is clear that the system is not working to the degree that it should. There is need and clear cause for a technology-specific auction. A redesign of the auctions should be considered to align with the technology-specific ambition.

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