Results 1-10 of 10 for solar power speaker:Matt Shanahan

Petrol and Diesel Excise Rate Increases: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (30 Apr 2024)

Matt Shanahan: ..., the impact of rising prices is not something they can offset. They cannot afford new heating systems. They cannot afford the retrofitting of houses. They cannot afford the installation of solar power. They cannot access cheap wind power. They cannot change their inefficient fuel-guzzling transportation to electric transportation, for example. Neither can they significantly expand...

Petrol and Diesel Excise Rate Increases: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (30 Apr 2024)

Matt Shanahan: ...Second, HVO deployment, which is not really happening around the country to any great extent, would be some way of mitigating the cost of fuels. Beyond that, many people have raised the issue of solar farms in this House. Every farm in this country has some kind of round top or flat top hay barn and we expect farmers to step in all of the time to provide that solar power. Why would the...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (6 Dec 2023)

Matt Shanahan: ...soaked up the blood of innocents because of political and religious ideologies that choose to see people not of one tribe as having no right to exist in another. Ireland must do everything in its power to continue to influence and mobilise the international community, including the leaders of Middle Eastern neighbours, to persevere and apply pressure for an immediate path to peace. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with Chairperson of the Health and Safety Authority (25 Oct 2023)

Matt Shanahan: ...which time that person is out of certification and an employer cannot bring him or her onto a site. It seems that there may need to be more accredited people to do the training. The issue of solar panels, rigging and so forth was mentioned. It is an important area that we need to consider. Ms Byron will be well aware that, where anyone is doing that work in the commercial sector,...

Environmental Protection Agency (Emergency Electricity Generation) (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (7 Mar 2023)

Matt Shanahan: ...are two significant deficits we have in the economy. I pay great credit to my colleague, Deputy Naughten, who in recent years has been promoting the idea of converting some of the redundant power stations, namely, Lanesborough and Shannonbridge, to biomass for the purpose of generating up to 250 MW of electricity annually. This would be done by incentivising farmers to grow 10,000...

Development (Emergency Electricity Generation) Bill 2022: Second Stage (26 Oct 2022)

Matt Shanahan: Exceptional times require exceptional measures, and there is no doubt we are living through exceptional times. As for exceptional measures, it looks as though the Dáil has to afford exceptional powers to the Minister, given the Bill seeks to disapply the Planning and Development Act. This is necessary safeguarding legislation to protect against unwarranted development and citizens'...

Financial Resolutions 2022 - Budget Statement 2023 (27 Sep 2022)

Matt Shanahan: ...to divide Europe by turning off gas supplies is causing energy prices to rise. These increases are feeding into our productive economy. The resultant inflation is affecting consumer spend and buying power. It is significantly impacting our SME sector and it will impact our employment and standard of living. Rising European interest rates, designed to curb inflation, are...

Security of Electricity Supply: Motion [Private Members] (15 Sep 2022)

Matt Shanahan: ...of that is going towards the public sector, not the private sector growers. That is just one significant disconnect. In the motion, we have called for the reopening of the Lanesborough and Shannonbridge power stations, to be fuelled by biomass, but that can only be achieved if we seriously look at the legislation we have for thinning forestry. It is not happening simply because of the...

Measures to Assist with Household Bills: Motion [Private Members] (14 Sep 2022)

Matt Shanahan: ...,000 per year. The economic and the social fallout for families and businesses will be staggering without immediate and significant market interventions. We also need to demonstrate our ability to accelerate capital power development projects that we have been virtue signalling now for some time. Earlier today in the Dáil, the Taoiseach said he expects that this crisis could...

Electricity Costs (Domestic Electricity Accounts) Emergency Measures Bill 2022: Second Stage (3 Feb 2022)

Matt Shanahan: ...months when fuel consumption is high. This situation also gives rise to a wider debate about the nature of Ireland’s developing national energy and climate policy. We are talking about wind and solar power generation, but where is it? The Maritime Area Regulatory Authority is two years away from being set up yet. We need that agency to be able to control the development of...