Results 1-10 of 10 for solar power speaker:Peadar Tóibín

Data Centre Moratorium: Motion [Private Members] (29 Sep 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: ...shocked to listen to the interview of the Minister of State's leader on "Morning Ireland" earlier. I heard him make an argument for the extension of the lifespan of the coal-fired station in Moneypoint and the oil-fired power station in Tarbert. I asked myself the question: was this argument any different from the argument that would have been made by Fianna Fáil or Fine Gael in...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 May 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: ...approach to climate policy in this manner, we would be able to bring people with us instead of creating widespread opposition to our efforts. I have a problem with an incredible situation, that being there are no solar panels in the State connected to the grid. I welcome that the Green Party has been instrumental in creating an auction process that will soon remedy this situation....

Household Utility Bills Support: Motion [Private Members] (3 Feb 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: ...of Ireland. Sinn Féin, Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and the Green Party have one thing in common: none of them is doing enough to tackle the scourge of fuel poverty in the jurisdictions in which they have power. There are three major influences on fuel poverty. First and foremost, there is income. Income has an immediate effect over the ability of a family to provide heating and...

Heritage Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (4 Jul 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: ...and the Minister's Bill reduces that even further. The Government's record on the environment is abysmal. We are laggards in Europe on this. In Britain, for example, last year they created more solar power than they did through nuclear and coal. This country does not even have a solar power system, we do not have feed-in tariffs or renewable heat incentives. This Government talks the...

Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (7 Feb 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: ...;12,500. Most of those farmers are well placed to produce renewable energy. All they need is feed-in tariffs from the Government but yet the Government will not develop any such measures. In Britain, solar power from March to September now produces more energy than coal and nuclear power combined and yet there is not a single solar farm in this State. I call on the Minister to wake up,...

Climate Change: Statements (7 Dec 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: ...? What might be achieved if those needs intersected in some fashion? It drives me mad that we are not availing of the opportunities that are there with regard to biodigestors, micro-generation of solar and wind power and so on. All that is needed is a feed-in tariff to allow farmers to connect that electricity into the grid. How long does it take to create such a tariff? All the...

Summer Economic Statement 2017: Statements (13 Jul 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: ...famine. In respect of energy development, we are going to have to pay €600 million in 2020 because this Government will not meet its climate change objectives. In Britain they are producing more solar power this summer than nuclear and coal combined but this country does not even have a solar industry at the moment. We do not even have a feed-in tariff for the solar industry and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Oct 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: ...ionadaithe an Western Development Commission freisin. The Western Development Commission does fantastic work. It is a great model and it is surprising that it is not replicated in other parts of the country. We have spoken to representatives of organisations at different levels, be they Leader programmes etc., and they have said they work very well and that they do not overlap with the...

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (18 Oct 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: ...forget about the energy element. If they wish to proceed down this route, the Government should allow it to happen. I will now address the issue of sustainable energy. In the past six months, Great Britain has produced more solar power-generated electricity than coal-generated electricity. This is a startling fact given that coal was to Great Britain what turf was to Ireland and the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (12 Oct 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: That is very interesting. It strikes me that over the last six months, Britain has produced more solar electricity than coal electricity for the first time ever while we do not even have a solar power sector in the State yet. The opportunity for rural areas to tap into that is massive. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice is next and has ten minutes. I ask that he allow the majority of that time...