Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

Gas only kicked in due to supply difficulties. Another avenue for us to consider this matter would be through revisions of the support scheme for renewable heat, SSRH, but that would have to fit into whatever we do with the heat Bill.

I accept the Deputy’s point. We will have to consider this matter further and see how we can deliver district heating in so many guises. It is taking longer than I would like. We have seen it working in other countries. We need to make it work here and we need to learn. There are relatively few examples. Carlinn Hall is only one of two or three at most.

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