Results 1-14 of 14 for solar power speaker:Bríd Smith

Nationalisation of Energy System: Motion [Private Members] (14 Dec 2022)

Bríd Smith: ...of energy and heat that is based on the needs of people and not on the need for profits by energy generators or the fossil fuel corporations. We must take control of our national and renewable energy sources of wind, solar and tidal power and reverse the present policy of privatisation of renewable energy. That is the best guarantee of our being able to keep CO2 emissions down and to...

Electricity Costs (Domestic Electricity Accounts) Emergency Measures and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Second Stage (11 Oct 2022)

Bríd Smith: ...on to that thought because I want to come back to it when we drill down into what is happening in this country. It is incredible that months into the crisis, we have a situation where generators of wind and solar energy, or indeed those who profiteer from Corrib or North Sea gas, can rake in massive profits because of fluctuations in gas prices across the world. This shows that the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Empowering Local Government and Local Communities to Climate Action: Discussion (24 May 2022)

Bríd Smith: ...Dáil, looking for our support because they had worked out a plan. It was very interesting to see young men working out the science and to see the preciseness of what they were doing in order to solar power the entire school and all its needs, and to have solar panels located on the roof. They were looking everywhere for support but they were getting none, back in the day. If Dr....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Empowering Local Government and Local Communities to Climate Action: Discussion (24 May 2022)

Bríd Smith: I thank the witnesses for their answers. If there is an application to power a school by solar, will Ms Buggie explain why it has to involve two different technologies? Why is solar not sufficient?

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Directive: Motions (15 Dec 2020)

Bríd Smith: ...that it is a failure. Since we have failed to reach our legally binding targets we are buying fantasy energy credits from Denmark and Estonia. This energy will not heat homes or help to produce power that will run factories or anything else. The energy is fantasy but the money - the €50 million - is absolutely real. That real €50 million could have paid student nurses or...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Hydraulic Fracturing Exploration: Discussion (9 Oct 2019)

Bríd Smith: ...in County Leitrim and the Shannon Estuary in Clare and Kerry. If we were to import fracked gas from the US, despite the potential contradictions that may exist regarding the importation of nuclear power from France, all we would be doing is compounding one wrong with another. We as a nation now have it within our power to stop this happening. There is no need for it. Does Dr. Deane...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Microgeneration Support Scheme Bill 2017: Discussion (5 Mar 2019)

Bríd Smith: ...or on our renewable targets, it is an opportunity for citizens to play their part. This statement does not provide any encouragement regarding the changeover from the massive production of power we see through carbon emissions to where we need to get to, which is what Ms Ruddock and the people from Tipperary described, namely, people buying into the microgeneration of electricity and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Nov 2018)

Bríd Smith: Fine, but it was still an unfortunate choice for Mr. Watt. I know schools where the kids are trying to get money from the Government to invest in solar power and they are knocking on doors and nobody is listening to them. I would welcome the establishment of an independent overarching body that would listen to communities and put pressure on officials such as Mr. Watt and Mr. Moran to say...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Future Exploration, Energy Supply and Energy Security: Discussion (26 Jun 2018)

Bríd Smith: ...the future. In short, what we are saying, and what I would like the witness to comment on it, is that all countries, particularly a country like Ireland which has access to wave, water, wind and solar power, should be investing massively in these areas and divesting in fossil fuel energy. That is the purpose of the Bill that will be brought before the House for scrutiny next week. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Meeting Ireland’s Targets under the 2020 Climate and Energy Package: Discussion (23 Jan 2018)

Bríd Smith: ...healthy lifestyle of our population and it has the added benefit of creating tends of thousands of sustainable jobs. This issue should be a strong feature of our report, as should wind energy, solar energy and so on. I would like to make an observation. One could not say "No" to anything that has been said here. From a scientific and societal point of view, all that has been said is...

Climate Change: Statements (7 Dec 2017)

Bríd Smith: ...learned that, despite the emergency of thousands of companies which have original and inventive ways of dealing with and promoting renewable energy and of extracting from air, sea, wind and, in particular, solar power, there were many companies that were prepared to work with others and to sell and promote their products to tackle the question of climate chaos. However, the problem is...

Wind Turbine Regulation Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (21 Sep 2017)

Bríd Smith: ...reserves of carbon and fossil fuel. Our problem is the more of it we burn, the more we threaten the environment and the planet. Like others in this House, I take great interest in renewable energy and the role which solar and wind energy can play. I find it difficult to understand why we are failing to unveil or roll out projects that would be popular in this country to deliver carbon...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Renewable Energy Projects (9 May 2017)

Bríd Smith: 49. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on whether the recent announcement of a joint ESB and Bord na Móna solar energy enterprise represents a large enough investment in solar energy in view of the scale of the climate crisis and the poor history the State has in embracing solar power; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21826/17]

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Change and Natural Resources: Energy Bill 2016: Committee Stage (14 Jul 2016)

Bríd Smith: ...access to the grid and remove the necessary burden of financial resources that they need in order to compete with the big players. It is just not fair. We are a small island with lots of wind, solar and wave potential and we need to urgently move away from our reliance on fossil fuels. The Minister contradicted himself by saying that we need connectivity with other countries through...