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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Youth Perspectives on the Circular Economy and COP27, including Climate Justice and Energy: Discussion (21 Oct 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: ...not everybody will be able to make the investment in it, we should build anything new well. They both spoke about how the new houses we build should not be dependent on fossil fuels in any way. Solar power was mentioned but we should not be digging ourselves further into a situation whereby we build houses that we will need to retrofit in the future. That is also something to bear in...

Seanad: Electricity Costs (Domestic Electricity Accounts) Emergency Measures and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Second Stage (13 Oct 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: ...There may be an issue with those with holiday homes and so forth but there are other ways to tackle that. There was also an issue with people with an A-rated house or those who produce their own solar power. They benefited from a lower standing charge, which was a great incentive, but it was removed and the standard rate was applied to them. Therefore, instead of incentivising the...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) (Large-scale Residential Development) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (16 Nov 2021)

Alice-Mary Higgins: ...one of the pieces of information to be brought into a meeting relates to how the proposed development will intersect with and forward the goals in such a plan. I will make one final point on the power of local authority members. Something happened before the summer that was really regrettable. Senators Black, Ruane and Flynn supported me at the time. When land was being transferred to...