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- Public Accounts Committee: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (24 Mar 2022)
Verona Murphy: There would be no extra cost to me as a purchaser. I am not going to have to change the whole thing.
- Public Accounts Committee: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (24 Mar 2022)
Verona Murphy: That is grand. I thank Mr. Meally and Mr. Walsh. I move to wind farm construction. Clearly, we are in the throes of an energy crisis and more or less an energy war. With that in mind, I am very concerned that not only might we not meet targets but that we might not be anywhere near them. When you are looking at infrastructural construction projects like we are, 2030 is not that far...
- Public Accounts Committee: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (24 Mar 2022)
Verona Murphy: Yes, but at the moment we do not have anywhere. I am aware we used Rosslare, for instance, for Arklow Bay but on a much larger scale, Rosslare is not ready and does not currently have the funding for an infrastructural project of this size. I would appreciate it were the SEAI to be making that case effectively. I understand if it is not within its remit but we might have to join the dots a...
- Public Accounts Committee: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (24 Mar 2022)
Verona Murphy: The SEAI is part of that.
- Public Accounts Committee: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (24 Mar 2022)
Verona Murphy: Then I would appreciate it if Mr. Meally could pass that on because strategically, it is the best-placed port from the east and south-east coast.
- Public Accounts Committee: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (24 Mar 2022)
Verona Murphy: We are all about the economics of it so that is where the Committee of Public Accounts comes in. I would not want anyone to think this is pointed but we are the Committee of Public Accounts and I want to ask about a significant increase in the CEO's remuneration from 2019 to date. Has there been any increase in 2021?
- Public Accounts Committee: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (24 Mar 2022)
Verona Murphy: There is an uplift, okay.
- Public Accounts Committee: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (24 Mar 2022)
Verona Murphy: A modest uplift, okay. Is there is a basis for that? Is that an annual-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (24 Mar 2022)
Verona Murphy: -----remuneration increase?
- Public Accounts Committee: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (24 Mar 2022)
Verona Murphy: Okay. That is fine. Going back to what we said about electric cars, everything related to our 2030 targets is based on cars because it is not based on commercial vehicles. There is not, as yet, any suitable replacement. They cannot correlate the weight increase in the batteries and the unladen weight of the vehicle for the payload. Does the SEAI have any input into that? Does it have...
- Public Accounts Committee: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (24 Mar 2022)
Verona Murphy: I am only aware of one scheme with regard to purchasing gas trucks as an alternative. That had nothing to do with the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland, SEAI, did it?
- Public Accounts Committee: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (24 Mar 2022)
Verona Murphy: What feedback does the SEAI have on the matter now?
- Public Accounts Committee: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (24 Mar 2022)
Verona Murphy: Mr. Meally should be aware, so that he can take the information back, that every gas truck is now parked up on a forecourt because gas has now exceeded the price of even diesel, which is extraordinary. The Department and all of the relevant groups that attended were advised that it was not a viable option to only have gas trucks, particularly for an island nation, because gas trucks cannot...
- Public Accounts Committee: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (24 Mar 2022)
Verona Murphy: I am concerned that we have now spent millions moving in the wrong direction. I am a politician on the Committee of Public Accounts and as much as it is my responsibility to show that up, it is the authority's responsibility as a sustainable energy group to make sure its input recognises it in all of these gatherings. That is what is wrong. We are not actually getting the message out...
- Public Accounts Committee: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (24 Mar 2022)
Verona Murphy: I will raise two points. I am surprised that SEAI has moved premises, resulting in an increase in its energy consumption of 76%. Will the witnesses give me an explanation? I would like to see what is behind it. The SEAI's budget has increased threefold, from €145 million to €446 million. It has more than doubled the number of employees. What oversight is in place? What...
- Public Accounts Committee: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (24 Mar 2022)
Verona Murphy: Is there a module that safeguards any abuse in process with regard to money and budgets?
- Public Accounts Committee: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (24 Mar 2022)
Verona Murphy: I am talking about training, to prevent it rather than deal with it afterwards.
- Public Accounts Committee: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (24 Mar 2022)
Verona Murphy: I do not expect Mr. Walsh to reel it off. Will he send us a note on what exactly is in place so we can rest assured?
- Public Accounts Committee: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (24 Mar 2022)
Verona Murphy: The next question was on the 76% increase in energy consumption.
- Public Accounts Committee: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (24 Mar 2022)
Verona Murphy: Good.