Results 1-5 of 5 for solar power speaker:Marc Ó Cathasaigh
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Energy Poverty: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2024)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: ...that families who take the decision to care for a loved one at home at end of life do. It is an enormous contribution to society. It is a huge decision for any family and we should do all in our power to support a family that decides to shoulder that burden for the sake of the love they have for a family member. They should not be made to bear an additional cost as they have enough on...
- Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (7 Dec 2022)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: ...our renewable energy resources to a wider European system. We must take this and build it up. We must move towards having a European super grid to address the intermittency we get in wind power here is balanced, for example, by solar energy production further south in Europe. We should build a resilient system that is going to serve everybody across our Continent. I have a nagging...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Renewable Energy Generation (7 Apr 2022)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: ...in the context of the carbon budgets passed last night. There is a flip side of the coin which is not strictly related but is very closely related. Last night there was a public meeting in Clonea-Power, County Waterford. A large group of local residents came together to voice their concerns about a very large solar project in the region of 145 acres. I could not be at the meeting but I...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Funding (24 Feb 2022)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: ...is putting in floodlights or if it currently has floodlights, we should consider how can we move that to a lower-energy light-emitting diode, LED, system. We should look at whether clubs can put solar panels on their roofs in order that the heating of water happens through the power of sunlight rather than affecting their bottom line. That would allow them to spend their money on so many...
- Science Week 2021: Statements (10 Nov 2021)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: ...comet by a human-made object. The probe had been launched a full decade earlier and it slung itself off the gravitational pull of Mars to intercept the comet as it arced its way through the inner solar system. It was an unbelievable feat of maths, physics and aeronautics. The poor students of sixth class in Glór na Mara in Tramore had to cope with an excited teacher the next day...