Results 1-7 of 7 for solar power speaker:Martin Kenny

National Retrofit Plan: Motion [Private Members] (20 Sep 2022)

Martin Kenny: ...three-year waiting list, with more than 9,000 people waiting, tells us there is a problem here. It needs to be adjusted and the Minister needs to ensure that adjustment is delivered. Finally, solar panels and solar PV panels are one of the projects that I know very many people around the country consider doing and would love to be able to do but, again, they find that affordability is...

Carbon Budget: Motion (6 Apr 2022)

Martin Kenny: ...out to them where those opportunities are and how they are going to be delivered. I attended a farmers' meeting approximately four years ago. Someone at that meeting was talking about putting solar panels on the roofs of farmers' sheds and how it was going to be an opportunity for farmers. I have been listening to that proposal since I came into this House in 2016 and it still has...

Climate Action Plan 2021: Statements (23 Nov 2021)

Martin Kenny: ...policies. We all agree that is what we need to do. I remember being here for a debate on microgeneration, which I think was in 2016 during my first year in the Dáil. It was about people putting solar panels on the roofs of their homes, farmers putting them on the roofs of their sheds, selling it back to the grid and all the benefits of that. Everyone agreed. Five years later, we...

Planning and Development (Climate Emergency Measures) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (30 Sep 2021)

Martin Kenny: ...stated that he could not guarantee that there would not be blackouts this winter. Under those circumstances, it makes no sense to proceed with data centres, which are one of the main consumers of power in our system. No one in the country can understand why we cannot pause and reflect on the situation. If this Bill passes Second Stage, it will go to Committee Stage where we will tease...

Climate Action: Statements (30 Sep 2021)

Martin Kenny: The issues raised here today are issues that have been around for a long time. I will focus particularly on rural issues because I come from a rural place. I deal with the issues of power supply and car chargers etc. all the time. I recently wrote to the Minister about one aspect of this issue. Many tourists who drive electric cars along the Wild Atlantic Way find that there is nowhere...

UN Climate Action Summit: Statements (2 Oct 2019)

Martin Kenny: ...resource mean we are able to grow an immense volume of grass, which can be used to produce biogas. Similarly, thousands of farm buildings with large roof space around the country could be used for solar power. This would enhance the renewable energy aspect of farm use. The issue of gas on the Shannon terminal has been mentioned. Enough oil and gas has been discovered to destroy the...

Microgeneration Support Scheme Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 Nov 2018)

Martin Kenny: ...and Miriam Sheerin of offgrid.ie run a company called Eirbyte on the mountain at Aughnasheelin. They run courses for people teaching them how to build their own home wind turbines. They also sell solar panels and batteries and so on. I have known them for 20 years and they are magnificent people doing magnificent work around all of that. They have often said to me that there is a day...