Ossian Smyth (Dún Laoghaire, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

One good thing about solar PV is that it is very quick to deploy. It only takes a couple of days to install it and it does not take a lot of experience or training to put up the panels. Obviously, you need a registered electrical contractor to connect it to your system but it is a rapidly deployable technology, which is why 30,000 homes have already received it.

It is not just the 0% VAT rate that causes people to get it. It is also because of the planning permission exemption, the grant you can get and the fact you can sell your power back to the grid. We have no problem with demand. Demand is massively increasing all the time and, so far, we are managing with supply and people are able to get solar panels.

The Department of Education has a project to put a solar panel on every school. A solar revolution is taking place across the country. This is an area of great success for the Government and something that is very visible because it can be seen around the country.

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