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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Renewable Energy - Wind, Solar and Biogas: Discussion (4 Dec 2019)
Brian Stanley: What about the scale?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Renewable Energy - Wind, Solar and Biogas: Discussion (4 Dec 2019)
Brian Stanley: Let us say that the average livestock farm in this country is 150 acres and has 150 animals.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Renewable Energy - Wind, Solar and Biogas: Discussion (4 Dec 2019)
Brian Stanley: There is a great deal of it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Renewable Energy - Wind, Solar and Biogas: Discussion (4 Dec 2019)
Brian Stanley: There is too much of it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Renewable Energy - Wind, Solar and Biogas: Discussion (4 Dec 2019)
Brian Stanley: By 14 January, it will be everywhere.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Renewable Energy - Wind, Solar and Biogas: Discussion (4 Dec 2019)
Brian Stanley: I know.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Renewable Energy - Wind, Solar and Biogas: Discussion (4 Dec 2019)
Brian Stanley: I see this as resolving the problem. Mr. Michael McCarthy has heard me say at a previous meeting of the committee in this room that we can use it to solve a problem, to create jobs and to generate power. That is the good news. On solar, I have introduced a Bill that deals with planning permission for rooftop solar. The current planning permission at 12 sq. m is very restrictive in that...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Renewable Energy - Wind, Solar and Biogas: Discussion (4 Dec 2019)
Brian Stanley: What size of solar panel would it support?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Renewable Energy - Wind, Solar and Biogas: Discussion (4 Dec 2019)
Brian Stanley: In regard to self-consumption or export to the grid, we are speaking of small-scale generation. I live in a semi-detached house. If I install solar panels on my house, should I forget about trying to export to the grid?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Renewable Energy - Wind, Solar and Biogas: Discussion (4 Dec 2019)
Brian Stanley: On wind energy, in terms of potential, Mr. Michael McCarthy mentioned the east coast. The first wind farm in Ireland is the one in Arklow, which is on the east coast. My understanding is that that site was picked on the basis of it having a ridge. Is sea depth on the western sea board a massive problem? Obviously, the west also has potential because, as referenced in the Wild Atlantic...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Renewable Energy - Wind, Solar and Biogas: Discussion (4 Dec 2019)
Brian Stanley: Will it be on a par with onshore wind?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Renewable Energy - Wind, Solar and Biogas: Discussion (4 Dec 2019)
Brian Stanley: My final question is on the renewable energy sector and may be answered by any of the witnesses. Renewable energy generation is new to us and so we do not have the necessary skill sets or apprenticeships to deal with it. Is the industry prepared to run apprenticeship schemes, as was done in the past by the sugar companies and Bord na Móna?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Renewable Energy - Wind, Solar and Biogas: Discussion (4 Dec 2019)
Brian Stanley: What is the position in regard to biogas?
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Regional Development (5 Dec 2019)
Brian Stanley: 2. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the role of his Department in the development of the midlands following news that two power stations are set to close, which will give rise to job losses. [50292/19]
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Regional Development (5 Dec 2019)
Brian Stanley: My question for the Minister relates to the role that his Department can play in the development of the midlands following the news of the closures of power stations at Lough Ree and Shannonbridge. Those closures are going to have a significant impact, as will the general scaling down of the peat industry. The Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation is involved but how can the...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Regional Development (5 Dec 2019)
Brian Stanley: I thank the Minister for his reply. He will understand from where I am coming. Bord na Móna and the ESB have been large employers and significant parts of life in the midlands; indeed, the economic backbone of the area to a large extent. Towns like Shannonbridge, Ferbane and Cloghan will be badly hit by these closures. I welcome the fact that the Department of Rural and Community...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Regional Development (5 Dec 2019)
Brian Stanley: I welcome what the Minister has said about the focus of the Department and that he recognises this is a special case. He also mentioned the Slieve Bloom bike trial, which is an important project for Laois-Offaly. That needs to be completed and the Minister's officials might send me a note outlining where the Department is at on that project because it is important to see it through to...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Common Agricultural Policy Reform (5 Dec 2019)
Brian Stanley: 11. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he has fully engaged in the Common Agricultural Policy, CAP, reform process to ensure his plans are rural proofed. [50297/19]
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Common Agricultural Policy Reform (5 Dec 2019)
Brian Stanley: We are into the CAP reform cycle, which has huge implications for Pillars 1 and 2 across rural Ireland. What plans does the Department of Rural and Community Development have to ensure that what happens will be rural proofed?
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Common Agricultural Policy Reform (5 Dec 2019)
Brian Stanley: Until now the CAP has disproportionately benefited large farmers. There has been a strong emphasis on upping production, and that is fine and dandy but it is recognised now that we have to add value and keep a little bit of money in local communities. Farmers’ costs have gone up and that is leaving their areas. The LEADER programme is key to making some of those improvements. Would...