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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Long-Duration Energy Storage: Discussion (25 Jun 2024)
Brian Leddin: Deputy Matthews saw his opportunity and took it. Meanwhile Deputy Devlin has been waiting patiently.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Long-Duration Energy Storage: Discussion (25 Jun 2024)
Brian Leddin: I thank the Deputy. A lot of my questions have been addressed at this point. I am curious about the role of renewable developers and operators in the development of long-duration storage. Obviously, there is an incentive there, for anyone who is in that space, to be able to send the power somewhere to put it back into the grid at a later date. Does Energy Storage Ireland have members who...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Long-Duration Energy Storage: Discussion (25 Jun 2024)
Brian Leddin: Very briefly. I am mindful Senator Higgins has arrived and I am sure she has questions, and we need to finish the meeting shortly.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Long-Duration Energy Storage: Discussion (25 Jun 2024)
Brian Leddin: I thank Mr. Smith. The next time we invite in representatives of the CRU, we will put this on the agenda. I hope that will be sooner rather than later. I call Senator Higgins.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Long-Duration Energy Storage: Discussion (25 Jun 2024)
Brian Leddin: I thank Mr. Smith. We are out of time. This was a super-interesting session. We got so much information. We hear the witnesses' asks. I have no doubt the Department, the regulator and EirGrid have been watching the meeting in any case but, as a committee, we will certainly push the asks in any engagements we have with them in the coming weeks and months. It is very exciting. It is...
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Further Revised Estimate) (25 Jun 2024) Brian Leddin: This meeting is being convened to consider the Further Revised Estimate for Vote 29, programmes A, B and C. I welcome Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, Deputy Eamon Ryan, and his officials. The proposed format for today's meeting is that we will deal with Vote 29 on a programme-by-programme basis. At the outset, the Minister will make an opening statement. There...
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Further Revised Estimate) (25 Jun 2024) Brian Leddin: I thank the Minister. I will now take questions from members on programme A. In posing their questions, I ask that they clearly indicate the programme subhead to which they are referring and limit questions to one subhead at a time. I will allow other members with questions on that subhead to speak before we move on to the next subhead. The same procedure will apply to our discussion on...
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Further Revised Estimate) (25 Jun 2024) Brian Leddin: In that case, I call Deputy O'Rourke on programme A.
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Further Revised Estimate) (25 Jun 2024) Brian Leddin: Is it under the same programme?
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Further Revised Estimate) (25 Jun 2024) Brian Leddin: Does the Deputy want to come in now or later?
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Further Revised Estimate) (25 Jun 2024) Brian Leddin: Do you want to come back in, Deputy Bruton?
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Further Revised Estimate) (25 Jun 2024) Brian Leddin: Thank you, Minister. Deputy Farrell, I understand you want to come in on programme A.
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Further Revised Estimate) (25 Jun 2024) Brian Leddin: I thank Deputy Farrell and the Minister. We are on programme A, if Deputy Murphy has any questions on it.
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Further Revised Estimate) (25 Jun 2024) Brian Leddin: In that case, we will proceed to programme B and take general questions at the end.
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Further Revised Estimate) (25 Jun 2024) Brian Leddin: Thank you, Deputy O'Rourke.
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Further Revised Estimate) (25 Jun 2024) Brian Leddin: If you want, go ahead, Deputy O'Rourke.
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Further Revised Estimate) (25 Jun 2024) Brian Leddin: I will bring in Deputy Farrell if it is on programme B. We will take his question.
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Further Revised Estimate) (25 Jun 2024) Brian Leddin: If there are no other questions on programme B we will move to programme C.
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Further Revised Estimate) (25 Jun 2024) Brian Leddin: Are there any other questions on programme C? Deputy Bruton wishes to make a contribution. I remind members that it is now past 2 p.m.
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Further Revised Estimate) (25 Jun 2024) Brian Leddin: As there are no other questions, I will finish by echoing Deputy Bruton's words. I do not want to be presumptuous as this may not be the Minister's final appearance before the committee. We will see how things go in the next few months but it may be his last appearance. The Minister's engagements with the committee have always been very thorough, professional and informative and we...