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- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Supplementary) (12 Jul 2022) Malcolm Noonan: The Deputy is correct that these will be valuable assets with a long life anticipated from them, so there would be no difficulty selling them, but they would have to be taken out. This is about a transition towards our renewable outputs. Certainly, there would be no difficulty selling the equipment once we are through that period. It is about being able to have that additional capacity in...
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Supplementary) (12 Jul 2022) Malcolm Noonan: Sure. We can do that.
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Supplementary) (12 Jul 2022) Malcolm Noonan: The Deputy makes a valid point about Traveller halting sites. That is a good suggestion. I am not sure if the Department has reached out in that regard. The Deputy is correct that a number of families in a group housing scheme or on a Traveller halting site could be working off a single meter. As I said in my response to Deputy O'Rourke, we have to establish that issue with local...
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Supplementary) (12 Jul 2022) Malcolm Noonan: We certainly will - absolutely.
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Supplementary) (12 Jul 2022) Malcolm Noonan: Yes, we will. As regards retrofitting and the Supplementary Estimate, the amount available in 2022 under subhead B4 in respect of residential and community retrofit programmes is €252.86 million. That comprises €94 million remaining under subhead B4, €57.91 million in capital carry-over from 2021 and €100 million from the energy-efficiency programme. Some...
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Supplementary) (12 Jul 2022) Malcolm Noonan: The retrofitting targets will be met. Regarding the carryover into 2023, those targets will be met.
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Supplementary) (12 Jul 2022) Malcolm Noonan: Those points have been well made in respect of the Traveller community. Concerning the increase in the carbon tax, I stated, and it is the case, that €202 million is to be allocated for retrofitting directly from the carbon tax in 2022. In respect of supplementary funding, €252.8 million is still available for retrofitting in 2022. Certainly, then, funding is not the issue. ...
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Supplementary) (12 Jul 2022) Malcolm Noonan: I do not have that figure to hand. If it is okay, I will come back to her with the information.
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Supplementary) (12 Jul 2022) Malcolm Noonan: Yes, I think so.
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Supplementary) (12 Jul 2022) Malcolm Noonan: That is not the case. As I have given the figures, the carbon tax is a progressive tax. It is taxation being used for the deep retrofitting of our housing stock, as well as to tackle fuel poverty issues. Therefore, it is a critically important tax to aid in this progress around the retrofitting of homes.
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Supplementary) (12 Jul 2022) Malcolm Noonan: It is important that we have energy security in future. What we are exploring is a short-term measure to tide us over the next few years as we ramp up renewables. What will ultimately address our energy security issues will be the significant ambition concerning and ramp up of renewables. Therefore, the Government is addressing a short-term challenge through this measure. It is important...
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Supplementary) (12 Jul 2022) Malcolm Noonan: We can come back to the Deputy with a breakdown of those figures.
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Supplementary) (12 Jul 2022) Malcolm Noonan: I do not have the figures to hand but the amount to be procured has been assessed by both EirGrid and the CRU and is based on a number of factors, such as expected demand increases, including from data centres. However, the primary need for the temporary generation units is not to address the overall demand, but to meet peak demand on days when there is low renewable output and...
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Supplementary) (12 Jul 2022) Malcolm Noonan: The Deputy will appreciate that it is not my area of work. I think the B2 equivalent is a standard and is consistent with previously-stated standards. As far as I am aware, the target around 400,000 heat pumps is still on target.
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Supplementary) (12 Jul 2022) Malcolm Noonan: There will be a note to follow on that.
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Supplementary) (12 Jul 2022) Malcolm Noonan: Yes.
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Supplementary) (12 Jul 2022) Malcolm Noonan: It is stated in the opening statement that really, the reason behind the underspend is supply chain issues in delivering targets in the current year, 2022. They will be met into 2023.
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Supplementary) (12 Jul 2022) Malcolm Noonan: It is our anticipation that we will be able to meet the targets. We recognise that these supply-chain issues are global. They are not just confined to us here. The Government is trying to address them and we anticipate the situation will improve.
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Supplementary) (12 Jul 2022) Malcolm Noonan: We will get a note back to the Deputy on that.
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Supplementary) (12 Jul 2022) Malcolm Noonan: I think the 450 MW will cost €40 per household. I do not have the figure to hand for the 200 MW.