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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Sectoral Emissions Ceilings: Engagement with the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (13 Sep 2022)
Jennifer Whitmore: I would like to thank the Minister for coming in today. One of the concerns expressed when the ceilings were published in July was that they had not been divided into budgets for the 2021-2025 or 2026-2030 periods, but I see that those carbon budgets will be published. When will that happen?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Sectoral Emissions Ceilings: Engagement with the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (13 Sep 2022)
Jennifer Whitmore: Perfect. How will it be possible to publish those targets if the LULUCF will not be devised for another 18 months? If one is breaking it up between the different sectors and one of the sectors is missing, does that not make it difficult to allocate among the remaining sectors? The fact that the LULUCF was not included in the sectoral ceilings was also of concern in relation to meeting the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Sectoral Emissions Ceilings: Engagement with the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (13 Sep 2022)
Jennifer Whitmore: Okay. I presume the budget target for 2025 will be the key metric they need to be working towards and that will be set out in all the actions in the Climate Action Plan 2023.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Sectoral Emissions Ceilings: Engagement with the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (13 Sep 2022)
Jennifer Whitmore: Okay. Has the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage been included as one of those ministers?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Sectoral Emissions Ceilings: Engagement with the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (13 Sep 2022)
Jennifer Whitmore: Earlier in the summer when we had the sectoral targets discussions, one of my key criticisms was the process. When there were discussions about the targets for agriculture, I was very concerned that farming communities were very worried about what this was going to mean for them and how they were going to meet any of the targets that were being set down. The process that was followed by the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Sectoral Emissions Ceilings: Engagement with the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (13 Sep 2022)
Jennifer Whitmore: The environmental sector walked away from that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Sectoral Emissions Ceilings: Engagement with the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (13 Sep 2022)
Jennifer Whitmore: There has to be a plan, though, because the emissions targets are higher than they have ever been. The farm to fork strategy, Origin Green and other such measures have not achieved the required level of emissions, so additional measures need to be built onto them. Farmers are business people and need clarity for their operations if they are to plan for the upcoming season and year. When...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Sectoral Emissions Ceilings: Engagement with the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (13 Sep 2022)
Jennifer Whitmore: It was on transport and how the most basic action that we should be taking was to ensure that-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Sectoral Emissions Ceilings: Engagement with the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (13 Sep 2022)
Jennifer Whitmore: I thank the Minister.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Supply and Security: Discussion (30 Aug 2022)
Jennifer Whitmore: My first questions are for the Minister and then I will turn to the CRU and EirGrid. When does the Minister anticipate that the review being conducted by Mr. McCarthy will be submitted to him? Will he make the report publicly available? On prices, the Minister said we are seeing unprecedented increases in bills and in energy poverty rates. However, we are also seeing unprecedented...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Supply and Security: Discussion (30 Aug 2022)
Jennifer Whitmore: Those measures - the optimisation of the batteries and demand-side management response - are being looked at for around 200 MW. That 200 MW was mentioned at the start of the CRU's submission.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Supply and Security: Discussion (30 Aug 2022)
Jennifer Whitmore: Then it is over to EirGrid on whether that 200 MW will be sufficient to make up for the gap between supply and demand we will see this winter.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Supply and Security: Discussion (30 Aug 2022)
Jennifer Whitmore: Those measures will not make any difference now.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Supply and Security: Discussion (30 Aug 2022)
Jennifer Whitmore: I know. Our time is very limited. What is the gap between supply and demand for this winter?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Supply and Security: Discussion (30 Aug 2022)
Jennifer Whitmore: Mr. Doyle does not think the demand for this coming winter is that much worse.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Supply and Security: Discussion (30 Aug 2022)
Jennifer Whitmore: Okay. I presume that will be reflected in the new supply that is out.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Supply and Security: Discussion (30 Aug 2022)
Jennifer Whitmore: We will potentially be short 280 MW.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Supply and Security: Discussion (30 Aug 2022)
Jennifer Whitmore: For people out there-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Supply and Security: Discussion (30 Aug 2022)
Jennifer Whitmore: A figure of 280 MW will not really mean much to people. When we translate that into the number of blackouts or the number of hours of blackouts, what are we talking about?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Supply and Security: Discussion (30 Aug 2022)
Jennifer Whitmore: That was compensated though. EirGrid had the other-----