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

The Minister of State's response was shocking and concerning. If that is the official State response, the Government is in denial about where we are in the delivery of renewables. Alarm bells should be going off, but I get no sense from the Minister of State’s response that they are. It was signalled that this would be the outcome, but based on his response, the State is ignoring the alarm bells. There will be less output at a higher price. Of the three wind projects, one of them had timed out from RESS 2. I am concerned about how these projects are rolling over from one RESS into another.

Is the Minister of State concerned by the auction’s outcome and what is he going to do about that? Will he establish a stakeholder forum, as has happened in other countries, to meet stakeholders and address what are real barriers in the system?

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