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Planning and Development Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Dec 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: ...to the House, there is scrutiny in committee and the motion then comes back here. What is being proposed in this Bill, however, would give a Minister, with the approval of Government but with no Oireachtas oversight or approval, the power to make profound changes to what is, in effect, planning law. The measures in question might be called policy but they are planning law. That is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of the Climate Action Plan 2023: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (7 Dec 2023) See 2 other results from this debate

Simon Coveney: ...up of the numbers, we also need to match that with significant funding. At present, the funding we have is being used but the numbers are relatively small. We launched this new grant aid for solar panels in the summer and that money has already been used up. We are now under pressure to find more money to extend it. We put €13 million in place for the second half of the year and...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (6 Dec 2023)

Matt Shanahan: ...soaked up the blood of innocents because of political and religious ideologies that choose to see people not of one tribe as having no right to exist in another. Ireland must do everything in its power to continue to influence and mobilise the international community, including the leaders of Middle Eastern neighbours, to persevere and apply pressure for an immediate path to peace. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Water and Energy Connections in Rural Areas: Discussion (6 Dec 2023) See 2 other results from this debate

...our offshore islands. This will be achieved through a combination of Government support schemes and policies to encourage and subsidise the generation of renewable electricity as well as corporate power purchase agreements and private wires. One of the major Government policies to help to deliver on Ireland’s ambitious climate and energy targets is the renewable electricity...

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Second Stage (30 Nov 2023)

Ivana Bacik: ...the Minister and I have spoken about. We cannot meet our 2030 climate change targets, just six and a bit years away now, without making the necessary investment. I have engaged extensively with those working in wind power and solar power and they all tell me planning is the major obstacle to the development of the infrastructure they are keen to develop. There are now many national and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan Review: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Nov 2023)

Eamon Ryan: ...and that is why the industry has gone towards that direction. It means we have fewer turbines and that helps from an environmental perspective. We are now up to approximately 800 MW of solar already. Had the Deputy told me ten years ago we would put in 800 MW like we did in the past year and a half, I might not have believed him. That is phenomenal. We will deliver up to 5 GW in the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (30 Nov 2023)

Michael McGrath: ...relieved in 2022 Supplied for household use 8.4 TWh Generated from renewable sources 15.6 TWh Produced from environmentally friendly heat and power cogeneration 0.5 TWh Used for combined heat and power generation 0.000013 TWh Used for the production of electricity or in...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (29 Nov 2023)

Eamon Ryan: ...Through the Submeter Support Scheme, three payments of €137.61 (exclusive of VAT) will also be paid to supplier submeter accounts, identified by suppliers, which cannot receive payments under Scheme III. Under the Solar PV for medically vulnerable Scheme, grant support will be provided to approximately 4,000 customers on the priority services register to install solar PV systems at...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: COP28: Discussion (28 Nov 2023)

...commitments. What is quite telling and quite frustrating is that, in our view, they are not in reality properly applied in Ireland. For example, where are the commitments to large-scale use of solar power and energy efficiency measures on their sites? That is something we should consider.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Renewable Energy Generation (16 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: ...other three. What were the difficulties? Where is the analysis? I would like to see it. Where RESS 2 is concerned, eight communities were successful. How many of those remain? Are they all solar or are other forms of generation involved? What are the possibilities? I agree with Deputy O’Rourke that this is an exciting area. It is a way to both power and empower communities....

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Supplementary) (16 Nov 2023)

Ossian Smyth: Working through the many things the Deputy drew attention to, the first is the solar scheme. I think he is asking what the €12 million will produce and what we will deliver from that. This enhanced solar scheme began in July of this year. Since then, €7.8 million has been spent and 36 MW has been delivered. I expect that if we are at the same ratio, if we do €12...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (16 Nov 2023)

Eamon Ryan: Ireland is in the top five globally for installed wind power capacity per capita, with approximately 4.6 GW of onshore wind generation capacity, and is a world leader in the integration of variable renewable electricity onto the grid. Solar energy is a growing source of electricity and is rapidly transforming Ireland’s energy system with approximately 700 MW of grid connected capacity....

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (16 Nov 2023) See 1 other result from this answer

Ivana Bacik: 91. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount of electricity generated from solar power in 2022; the projected amount to be generated in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50380/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (16 Nov 2023)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 112, 113 and 114 together. Ireland is in the top five globally for installed wind power capacity per capita, with approximately 4.7 GW of onshore wind generation capacity, and is a world leader in the integration of variable renewable electricity onto the grid. While solar energy is a distance behind onshore wind generation, it is a growing source of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Future Licences and Contracts to Connect Data Centres to the Gas Network: Discussion (15 Nov 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

..., which are projected to account for 23% of electricity demand by 2030. Over the same time period, the 2023 national climate action plan targets the roll-out of 9 GW of onshore wind, 8 GW of solar and at least 5 GW of offshore wind by 2030. This additional renewable electricity which uses our own indigenous resource will generate sufficient renewable electricity to meet the forecasted...

Escalation of Violence in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (14 Nov 2023)

Michael Collins: ...on Al-Shifa, Gaza's largest hospital, where an estimated 2,300 people remain trapped by battles on the surrounding streets, while other facilities report similar situations, a lack of supplies and power and an ever-present threat to life due to fighting. The World Health Organization has stated 36 health facilities, including 22 hospitals, have been damaged since the war began on 7...

Energy Charter Treaty: Statements (9 Nov 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: ...justify the position of Sinn Féin and many in the Opposition. For example, the Dutch had a short-term energy problem as their country was over-reliant on gas and prices went through the roof. In 2009, coal-power plants were invited into the Netherlands, and these opened in 2015 and 2016. To reach the country's climate targets, the Netherlands recognised that it was necessary to...

Seanad: Electricity Costs (Emergency Measures) Domestic Accounts Bill 2023: Second Stage (8 Nov 2023)

Ossian Smyth: ...of money and who are trying to stay warm in the wintertime, and that the long-term solution to that has to be retrofit or having a fuel-free supply of electricity, whether that is through wind or solar. We need to do more work on insulation schemes and energy efficiency schemes for the Travelling community and see if we can find somebody who can work specifically on that because there are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills and Supports Required for Businesses to Meet Decarbonisation Targets: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)

...renewable generation is another area. There had been a cohort that installed wind turbines, like the well known example of the Cork lower harbour group. We are now seeing a big expansion of solar in these large industries. Some of them are installing solar farms adjacent to their site, reducing their overall electricity emissions to almost zero. They are also producing electricity...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (8 Nov 2023)

Micheál Martin: ...;3.8m have been completed at Sarsfield Barracks in recent years, including:Completion of a new sports hall and gymnasiumRefurbishment of shower rooms in barracks accommodationDesign and installation of solar power systems on multiple buildingsReinforcement works to the Barracks' perimeter wall