Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister for his reply. Representatives of the climate council appeared before the committee recently. I have to say there was a note of exasperation about some of the obstacles to expanding our renewables. They included guidelines for onshore wind which seemed to be inordinately held up, spatial planning guidelines, planning delays, the regulatory treatment of battery storage and some others relating to hybrid connections and private wires. We seem to have an administrative problem in getting through some of these enabling provisions. It creates a concern that the very ambitious and important targets the Minister just outlined may not be met.

Can we break some of these logjams which seem to persist?

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