Results 21-40 of 107 for esb speaker:Timmy Dooley

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Iarnród Éireann (17 Feb 2022)

Timmy Dooley: ...the potential for floating offshore wind development off the west coast of Ireland, particularly in Moneypoint. It is probably at that point most of the electricity is going to come ashore. The ESB has plans for generating hydrogen there and other operators will want to do the same thing. It may be that Moneypoint, in addition to being the landing point for electricity, has the potential...

Seanad: Electricity Costs (Domestic Electricity Accounts) Emergency Measures Bill 2022: Second Stage (15 Feb 2022)

Timmy Dooley: ...about our ambition regarding floating offshore wind turbines and a corresponding hydrogen strategy. I just hope that the Government, over the coming years, will be able to advance these ahead of the ESB's ambition, which involves a timeline of eight to ten years. We have got to realise our ambitions much more quickly. At best, we hope that the very significant increase in oil and gas...

Seanad: Broadband Roll-out: Statements (26 Jan 2022)

Timmy Dooley: ...which is progressing the project, though not as fast as we would like. There is a steep learning curve and NBI is undergoing that at the moment. I felt from the outset we should have charged the ESB with responsibility and let it do this since it falls broadly within its field of competence. That did not happen and we are suffering and will suffer for a considerable amount of time into...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Investment Framework for Transport in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)

Timmy Dooley: ...to get the number of vehicles required. I know there has been relatively good uptake to date. The range anxiety issue that others have talked about is still an issue. I spoke to people in the ESB the other day. They are looking at this purely from a commercial point of view. In my view, there is a lack of ambition on the part of a State company that should be rolling out that service...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Electric Vehicles: Discussion (30 Nov 2021)

Timmy Dooley: ...for second-hand imports from the UK for a period until supply increases? He spoke about extending the grants. Are they adequate to reach that target? I thank Ms Sayers for her presentation. The ESB is a wonderful company that has done so much in the development of infrastructure. However, it has shown a lack of ambition in recent years. I believe we should be much further on....

Seanad: Energy Security: Statements (2 Nov 2021)

Timmy Dooley: ...will, hopefully, recharge the batteries, but that is a long way off. The grid is an issue, which I am sure the Minister is well aware of and which he may speak about later. On the supply side, the ESB has a very considerable ambition to develop offshore wind generation capacity off the Clare coast and into the Atlantic. That has very real potential for a positive impact on the economy,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sustainable Mobility Policy: Department of Transport (13 Oct 2021)

Timmy Dooley: ...looking at those electric vehicles with a broader spread of population and give special targeted supports there? Have we looked at the emergence of hydrogen or are we looking at it at all? The ESB has identified hydrogen as a method of storage of energy. Part of its ten-year plan is to capture a lot of wind energy off the Atlantic Ocean and use that energy at a time the demand is not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Charter Treaty, Energy Security, Liquefied Natural Gas and Data Centres: Discussion (28 Sep 2021)

Timmy Dooley: I will take issue with that. I would have thought that if Ireland is to take a lead, it would be in greening our generation of energy. We are doing that with the ambition the ESB put forward to capture offshore wind and it plays into what Dr. Carton said about the generation of hydrogen at the old Moneypoint facility. That is what I would like to see us do. Whether we are a laggard or a...

Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Motion (16 Jul 2021)

Timmy Dooley: ...climate policy does not have to be such. He has always said that we must look to the opportunities, and they are there. They are there in the constituency of Clare, where it was very difficult to get the ESB to move on Moneypoint. With a change of thinking in the Department and a new Minister with a different vision, lo and behold, it was able to pull out plans that I am sure it had...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Reduction of Carbon Emissions of 51% by 2030: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Jul 2021)

Timmy Dooley: .... There was an interesting example in that regard in Copenhagen or Amsterdam. Dr. Caulfield might refer to that. Does he see any role for green hydrogen? As the witnesses will know, the ESB has some imaginative plans to generate green hydrogen at Moneypoint through the proposed deployment of significant wind farms off the west coast. Is there a role for that? Should we bring it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Broadband Infrastructure: Discussion (7 Jul 2021)

Timmy Dooley: ...fibre to the home, it is creating some problems in terms of its roll-out and delivery. However, fingers crossed, NBI has the contract. I opposed that at the time. I believed it was a job for the ESB or a body with the type of presence on the ground that could take on such a project. The fact that the ESB and Eir pulled out of the contract said a great deal. That is all history. We...

Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (21 Jun 2021)

Timmy Dooley: ...concern about the electricity grid and our capacity to provide the level of electricity that will be required to meet our energy needs over the next ten to 15 years. I have great regard for the ESB as a company. It employs some of the finest engineers in the world and that has been the case for many generations, with ESB International leading the way. However, I have some reservations...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Increasing Wind Power on the National Grid: Discussion (27 Apr 2021)

Timmy Dooley: ...anybody in Coillte on this issue and nor have most people in the area. I am not so sure that particular engagement is working. Can Mr. Blount talk a little more about the offshore potential? The ESB announced a development recently, which is very positive, off the west Clare and west Kerry coast. Will Mr. Blount tell us more about that?

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Just Transition Fund (19 Feb 2021)

Timmy Dooley: ...funding. The Minister will know that €77 million has been provided by the European Union for the period between 2021 and 2027.I want the money extended to that area. I also want to see the ESB play a greater role. The reality is that it has shrouded its plans in mystery and secrecy. The plant was supposed to close in 2025, but that has been brought forward because of the way...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Just Transition Fund (19 Feb 2021)

Timmy Dooley: I welcome the clarification that, at least, the ESB is looking at the classification of the plant. The reality is that will probably require approximately 30 employees. However, compared with the height of having 600 employees at the plant, it is no compensation for the wider community. Yet again, it protects the State's requirement to have a back-up electricity supply. What we need is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with Chairperson Designate of the ESB (9 Feb 2021)

Timmy Dooley: I thank Mr. O'Rourke for his presentation. My first question concerns the planning process that Coillte is currently engaging with. Since the ESB has a relationship with Coillte, I believe it is important that Mr. O'Rourke might address this issue. I am aware of one very large project in east Clare that is being processed for planning through An Bord Pleanála. From my own engagement...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Nov 2020)

Timmy Dooley: ...one has seen fit to include that area in the just transition funding. Employment has tumbled at Moneypoint in the last two years. There has been a gradual reduction in the number of contractors and ESB staff there. The plant is due to close in 2025 and successive Governments have said they will deal with it then, but the crisis in that area is happening now. Staff have lost their jobs....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Sep 2020)

Timmy Dooley: ...demand for electricity from the Moneypoint facility is reducing and there are already plans in place for it to close by 2025. Well in advance of that closing date, employment is being lost. The ESB is restructuring there and many of the contractors that found gainful employment in that facility are no longer required. There has been a very significant negative economic impact on the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Supporting a Just Transition: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Dec 2019)

Timmy Dooley: ...focus on the significant impact to the midlands is well recognised, there will also be significant impacts in other areas. I speak in particular of the west Clare area and the decision by the ESB to reduce activity at Moneypoint. As Mr. Mulvey knows, the proposal was that the burning of coal at Moneypoint would end by 2025 and communities, politicians and leaders generally were working...