Results 1-9 of 9 for solar power speaker:Jennifer Whitmore

Support for Household Energy Bills: Motion [Private Members] (3 May 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: ...companies because the prices were too high and people could not afford it. Therefore, the market has the Government and taxpayers’ money working for it, and that is not where we need to be. The CRU needs more power, it needs teeth and it needs to be able to protect people. As the Sinn Féin motion outlines, it needs to be able to cover things like standing charges. We...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Climate Action Plan (15 Dec 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: ...down the track to us. People and communities need to understand, and the Minister needs to help them make the changes they need to make. The Social Democrats have sent a proposal in respect of solar to the Minister, and I will keep on talking about it because it will reduce people’s household energy demand by 40%. For some reason, the Government is not funding or doing this....

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

Jennifer Whitmore: ...With the major push we need to make to renewable energy to ensure we preserve our environment, there is now an opportunity for a new decade of public infrastructure investment in fuel sources. Solar and wind energy are the only shows in town when it comes to moving away from our reliance on gas and coal. The companies that run them should be State owned and operating in the public...

Energy Regulations: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (16 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: ...; could he imagine what kind of households and communities we would be living in if the money had been earmarked to build in resilience and to assist two and a half or three years ago when the Government came to power? It would be incredible. Let us compare that with the additional €14 million for solar energy. There is a huge disparity there. The Government is not putting...

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

Jennifer Whitmore: ...It is difficult to say that to individual homeowner while explaining it is for climate and emissions reasons, and for our energy security, when at the same time large corporations are allowed to use what power they want and build as many data centres as they want. In fact, this was encouraged and facilitated by the Government, that data centres were a key industry for us and there would...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (16 Feb 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: ...for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the efforts he has taken to look into the various issues surrounding connectivity via direct lines, that is, private wires, in the context of solar power; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8742/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (16 Feb 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 66. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the efforts that are being taken to facilitate uptake of solar power by farmers; if he will address any tax related concerns preventing further uptake in solar power within the farming community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8743/22]

Rising Costs and Supply Security for Fuel and Energy: Motion [Private Members] (10 Nov 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: .... Last week Energia announced that it would increase charges for electricity and gas by 15.5% and 18.5%, respectively, on top of two rounds of price increases earlier in the year. Others such as Panda Power and Pinergy have already raised prices four times this year. Consumers could see increases this year of €500 to €800 in their bills which is an incredible amount of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (30 Sep 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 182. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will update planning regulations around solar power to enable schools and community buildings to obtain planning permission to install solar panels; if his attention has been drawn to the high costs of acquiring planning permission for community buildings; if he will consider exempting them in the same manner as...