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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Renewable Energy - Wind, Solar and Biogas: Discussion (4 Dec 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: Briefly, and I will allow Mr. McCarthy in to respond. I remind the Senator that she is running out of time.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Renewable Energy - Wind, Solar and Biogas: Discussion (4 Dec 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: A question, please.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Renewable Energy - Wind, Solar and Biogas: Discussion (4 Dec 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: This will have to be the Senator's final question because her time is up.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Renewable Energy - Wind, Solar and Biogas: Discussion (4 Dec 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: They will not have time to answer all of the Senator's questions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Renewable Energy - Wind, Solar and Biogas: Discussion (4 Dec 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: Okay.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Renewable Energy - Wind, Solar and Biogas: Discussion (4 Dec 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: Do the witnesses want to come in on any of those questions?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Renewable Energy - Wind, Solar and Biogas: Discussion (4 Dec 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: A few questions have been asked.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Renewable Energy - Wind, Solar and Biogas: Discussion (4 Dec 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: Thank you.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Renewable Energy - Wind, Solar and Biogas: Discussion (4 Dec 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: I think all of the Senator's questions have been answered. The overarching message for SuperNode is that the potential of offshore wind energy is absolutely massive. Ireland has a lot to contribute. We need to plan for this now. If we were to look for the best example of a floating wind turbine as part of our efforts to secure best practice for Ireland, would Mr. Fitzgerald recommend the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Renewable Energy - Wind, Solar and Biogas: Discussion (4 Dec 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Renewable Energy - Wind, Solar and Biogas: Discussion (4 Dec 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: Mr. Fitzgerald has spoken about doing this at a European level. Are we looking at a supergrid? If the wind is not blowing here, it is blowing somewhere else. The same thing applies in the case of solar.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Renewable Energy - Wind, Solar and Biogas: Discussion (4 Dec 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: The issue of anaerobic digestion came up with us in our cross-party report. It is in the all-of-Government action plan. We are hearing about the crisis in farming at present. We are looking at alternative income sources for farmers, to be purely economical about it. This is in addition to the search for better and more environmentally friendly farming practices. I take the point that has...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Renewable Energy - Wind, Solar and Biogas: Discussion (4 Dec 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: I assume the ISEA is feeding into the relevant Department. Its representatives have highlighted planning issues in the solar sector. Briefly, do they have any key messages for the Government as it seeks to implement the all-of-Government action plan? The witnesses were very positive about the plan. What would be the key points from our committee? Over the next few weeks and months, we...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Renewable Energy - Wind, Solar and Biogas: Discussion (4 Dec 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: I want to leave it there. I thank all the witnesses for coming before us. We will engage with them over the coming months as we continue our work as a cross-party committee.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Renewable Energy - Wind, Solar and Biogas: Discussion (4 Dec 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: I ask the Senator to be brief. She should not ask a question at this juncture.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Renewable Energy - Wind, Solar and Biogas: Discussion (4 Dec 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Renewable Energy - Wind, Solar and Biogas: Discussion (4 Dec 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: Is that okay with Mr. McCarthy?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Renewable Energy - Wind, Solar and Biogas: Discussion (4 Dec 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: The Senator has had 15 minutes. I will bring in Senator Devine, who has been attending another committee meeting.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Renewable Energy - Wind, Solar and Biogas: Discussion (4 Dec 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: Does the Senator want the witnesses to answer those questions now?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Renewable Energy - Wind, Solar and Biogas: Discussion (4 Dec 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: The issue of jobs has already been referred to so I ask the witnesses to be brief rather than repeating what was said earlier.