Ruairí Ó Murchú (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I want to bring up the issues of district heating and communal heating systems. This not the first time I have brought up the issue of Carlinn Hall in Dundalk. We talk about district heating systems and communal heating systems, which is what is there and which is operated off gas. Obviously, there are particular laws and planning changes that need to happen because I do not believe these are particularly good systems. To facilitate a switch to geothermal or a heat pump system, we need to look at the support scheme for renewable heating and at updating it.

With regard to delivering on district heating, I am told by experts in the field that there is a need to look at the support scheme for renewable heat, SSRH, and to update it, so that we can actually deliver what we want, which is a more perfect district heating system using waste heating, whether from pharmaceutical companies, distilleries or other industrial operations - making use of waste heat to deliver a solution for communities and residents. Hopefully, with the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland and a number of other stakeholders, we can get a solution for Carlinn Hall. I would like to think the Government would be involved and would be able to facilitate this into the future. We need to look at the SSRH.

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