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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Summer Plans for Dublin and Cork Airports: DAA (19 Jun 2024)

...I will quickly canter through a few other topics. On sustainability, this remains an important mission for us. It really does underpin everything we do. Recently, we announced the opening of a solar farm that will provide 10% of our energy needs. We are very happy with that. We are also looking at other options that would further improve the situation and make us self-sufficient from...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Update on Current Situation in Ukraine: H.E. Larysa Gerasko, Ambassador of Ukraine to Ireland (18 Jun 2024)

...peace summit was successful. Fundamental positions on Ukraine were included in the joint communiqué signed by 78 countries and four international organisations. The participants agreed that Ukrainian nuclear power plants, particularly the Zaporizhzhia plant, must operate safely and securely under the full sovereign control of Ukraine and in line with International Atomic Energy...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Use of Agricultural Land for Renewable Energy: ESB Networks (12 Jun 2024) See 6 other results from this debate

Paul Daly: ...? Does the network require significant modification or advancement? Let us say, for example, I had 40 acres of land somewhere in rural Ireland and decided to apply for planning permission for a solar farm. I presume it is not as simple as the local councillors saying they have no issue with that. How does the ESB take off that power? How much more infrastructure is needed to do that?...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Impact of Passenger Cap at Dublin Airport on Ryanair's Business and Operations: Ryanair (12 Jun 2024)

...a much more efficient planning system. We need, like most other countries, a streamlined planning process for nationally important infrastructure. Such infrastructure would include airports and power generation. It is a disgrace that we did not go ahead with the LNG facility in Shannon. We have no energy policy in this country. Our energy policy consists of importing gas from the UK...

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Report Stage (11 Jun 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: ...the reference to "expedient", as the Deputy outlined. I will again explain why I believe “necessary or expedient” is appropriate. It is a phrase used widely across the Statute Book in regulation-making powers when referring to making regulations for incidental, supplementary and consequential provisions and it is appropriate in this regard. It could be argued many planning...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Finalisation of Draft National Energy and Climate Plan and the National Long-Term Strategy: Discussion (28 May 2024)

Eamon Ryan: ...supported an ash dieback support scheme for those farmers who lost out on that in order for them not to feel burnt by it and help them maybe to look at forestry again. Second, on new incomes, solar power will provide a significant amount. What the Government agreed last week was a guaranteed price for solar power to allow farmers to use that as an income stream, as well as covering...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Climate Action and Sustainable Development Education: Discussion. (28 May 2024)

...Deputy's key issue of the old buildings, when new schools are being built, you should not be looking at the cheapest option. Schools should be built in a way that reflects climate action, such as solar panels, wind power or schools powered by sustainable energy. As students are walking down the halls, they can see what their building is doing that is making the environment greener and...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Climate Change Policy (22 May 2024)

Simon Harris: ...that parties of the centre do not allow vacuums in debates on policies such as migration and stop vacuums that are exploited by the far right. The best way of keeping the far right out of power is to continue to elect centrist parties so that the EPP has enough critical mass in the next European Parliament. Obviously we have a very different view on this. The people will decide in the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (14 May 2024)

Eamon Ryan: ...of variable renewable electricity onto the grid, with over 6 GW of renewable generation capacity currently installed. According to the latest data, Ireland ranks second in the world for wind power as a percentage of generation in 2023, with circa 4.8 GW of wind generation connected. Solar PV is now a growing source of electricity and is rapidly transforming Ireland’s energy system...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (8 May 2024)

Eamon Ryan: Hydrogen provides us with an incredible opportunity in Ireland. It provides the potential for long term storage of energy, the opportunity of dispatchable wind and solar power, the potential of chemical feedstocks, the potential of an export market and the opportunity to decarbonise some parts of high temperature processing. Ireland has one of the best offshore renewable energy resources in...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Strategies (8 May 2024)

Eamon Ryan: Hydrogen provides us with an incredible opportunity in Ireland. It provides the potential for long term storage of energy, the opportunity of dispatchable wind and solar power, the potential of chemical feedstocks, the potential of an export market and the opportunity to decarbonise some parts of high temperature processing. Ireland has one of the best offshore renewable energy resources in...

Report of the Joint Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Motion (2 May 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: ...Sinn Féin does not believe that the benefits of the renewable energy transition have been fully captured yet. We remain sceptical that the Government can harness these benefits. In our 2018 Power in Ireland document, we set out an ambitious and pragmatic plan that would have seen the proportion of renewables provide 80% of electricity demand by 2030. This target was only accepted...

Petrol and Diesel Excise Rate Increases: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (30 Apr 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Matt Shanahan: ..., the impact of rising prices is not something they can offset. They cannot afford new heating systems. They cannot afford the retrofitting of houses. They cannot afford the installation of solar power. They cannot access cheap wind power. They cannot change their inefficient fuel-guzzling transportation to electric transportation, for example. Neither can they significantly expand...

Seanad: Cost of Doing Business: Statements (17 Apr 2024)

Lisa Chambers: ...is where the pinch is being felt the most. It would be remiss of me not to mention the report that is out today. It was commissioned by the Restaurant Association of Ireland and compiled by Jim Power Economics. The report states that the Irish economy could lose up to €288 million annually as a result of the closure of over 200 restaurants, cafés and other food-led...

Seanad: Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (17 Apr 2024)

Ossian Smyth: I will not confirm that because part of the reduction was due to increased imports of electricity from abroad through our interconnectors. It was also due to increased generation of wind power, increased generation of solar power and a reduction in the use of coal.

Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2024: Second Stage (10 Apr 2024)

Gerald Nash: ...and building electricity storage facilities should be implemented to allow us to reach our commitment of a net zero energy generation capacity by 2050. The transitional period might require efficient power stations to fill the gap between the closure of the old and the building of the new, but all of this should be clearly timetabled, with an end date as well as a start date for the...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Integration of LGFA and Camogie Association with the GAA: Discussion (10 Apr 2024)

...to do due diligence on the type of people who are looking to invest in this country. However, the prize in this regard is significant. Because we have this indigenous game, we do not have the auctioning power of UEFA or FIFA. Even watching the Champions League - and I am an Arsenal fan - last night, I was looking at three advertisements along the side one of which was PlayStation, the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Grid (20 Mar 2024)

Eamon Ryan: ...and ESB Networks, as Distribution System Operator, have responsibility for the development of the Distribution Network. EirGrid and ESBN are independent bodies and as such the Minister has no power regarding the exercise of their respective functions. In relation to access to the grid of households and businesses with solar PV system, for safety reasons, all microgeneration systems...