Results 1-4 of 4 for solar power speaker:Peter Burke

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (4 Oct 2022)

Peter Burke: ...conditions set out in each class of exempted development in Schedule 2 of the Regulations. Included in the planning exemptions set out in the Regulations are those applying to the installation of solar infrastructure on a variety of building types, including houses, businesses, industrial and agricultural to which specific conditions are attached. My Department, in the context of the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Water Services (16 Jun 2022)

Peter Burke: ...water treatment plant, which is located between Donore and Duleek. Irish Water also proposes to improve the energy efficiency and reduce the carbon footprint of the reservoir by installing 212 solar panels to generate clean, renewable electricity. This investment will benefit the local community by improving the performance of the plant and making it more resilient in the event of power...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Electricity Generation (5 May 2022)

Peter Burke: ...exemptions are already provided for in respect of microgeneration type development. Class 2 of Part 1 of Schedule 2 of the Regulations provides for household related exemptions for wind turbines, solar panels, ground heat pump systems and air source heat pumps subject to certain siting and size conditions. Class 56 of Part 1 of Schedule 2 of the Regulations provides for exemptions in...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Planning Issues (8 Feb 2022)

Peter Burke: ...any guidelines issued by the Department. Under section 30 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage is specifically precluded from exercising power or control with regard to any particular case with which a planning authority or An Bord Pleanála is, or may be, concerned. Consequently, it would not be appropriate for me to...