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Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU-level Policy Response to Current Energy Security Issues: Discussion (19 Oct 2022) See 8 other results from this debate

...hour on importing fossil fuels like oil and gas into the State. The cost of this massive reliance on imported fossil fuels is now reflected in the prices we pay to heat our homes, fuel our cars and power our appliances. While Ireland’s energy and climate policy is strongly influenced by that of Europe, our delivery of fuels like oil and gas is also impacted very much by what...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Renewable Energy Generation (18 Oct 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: ...private industry, particularly large energy users like pharmaceutical companies, data centres and so on are essentially taken off-grid and they try to provide as much of their own energy through wind or solar power as possible, perhaps with the help of a nearby farmer or whatever the case may be. This allows these companies to provide for the vast majority of their energy needs. The...

Domestic Electricity and Gas Disconnections: Motion [Private Members] (18 Oct 2022)

Ossian Smyth: ...element of this work is driven by the active response of the European Commission to impacts on the energy sector arising from Russia's invasion of Ukraine. On 18 May, the Commission published the REPowerEU plan. It focuses on diversification of energy imports, energy savings and accelerating clean energy deployment. As we have outlined, this has created the framework within which we...

National Tourism Development Authority (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (18 Oct 2022)

Catherine Martin: ...the National Tourism Development Authority Act 2003 gives me, as Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, the power to advance moneys provided by the Oireachtas to Fáilte Ireland. Section 24(2) sets out the amount of money that can be advanced by the Minister to Fáilte Ireland for capital...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2022 (Supplementary)
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (18 Oct 2022) See 1 other result from this debate

Eamon Ryan: -----those T-4 auction schemes. These would involve solar farms, battery storage centres or backup fossil fuel generators. Those bids would have been made almost a year ago. I cannot remember the exact date. There has been a significant increase in inflation in the interim, particularly affecting the cost of energy infrastructure. Therefore, there is a specific issue in this regard that...

Seanad: Electricity Costs (Domestic Electricity Accounts) Emergency Measures and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Second Stage (13 Oct 2022) See 1 other result from this debate

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...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 9: Implementation of the National Broadband Plan (13 Oct 2022)

Brian Stanley: .... Mr. Griffin would have heard me talk about some of these issues five or six years ago. I was trying to figure out in my head, and I am still trying to figure out, where the dispatchable power comes from. He will recall me telling the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, that if the wind does not blow and the sun does not shine, that knocks out the solar panels and wind turbines, which I...

Electricity Costs (Domestic Electricity Accounts) Emergency Measures and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Oct 2022)

Ossian Smyth: ...and why we cannot just reuse that Bill. The reason is that this Bill grants a payment of €1.2 billion across more than 2 million families. The Attorney General's view is that no Minister should have the power, through executive order, to issue such payments to the public without the consent of the Oireachtas. In light of that advice, we are going through these steps again....

Electricity Costs (Domestic Electricity Accounts) Emergency Measures and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Second Stage (11 Oct 2022) See 3 other results from this debate

Bríd Smith: ...on to that thought because I want to come back to it when we drill down into what is happening in this country. It is incredible that months into the crisis, we have a situation where generators of wind and solar energy, or indeed those who profiteer from Corrib or North Sea gas, can rake in massive profits because of fluctuations in gas prices across the world. This shows that the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (11 Oct 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: ...grant aid through the Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (TAMS II) to assist farmers in maximising their contribution to the production of renewable energy through the installation of Solar PV technology along with battery storage on Irish farms for on farm use only. TAMS is a On-Farm Investment Scheme which is co-funded by the EU Commission, and under the current...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Retrofitting Schemes: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (11 Oct 2022) See 2 other results from this debate

...the source of heat, less is being used because the fabric of the home has been improved. When we get to that point, we then move to the use of renewable technologies, including heat pumps and solar. Solar power will provide electricity and hot water but it will do nothing for the heating of the home. Approximately 80% of energy usage in the home is for heating the water and the space....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Oct 2022)

Paul Daly: ...would like to see the debate focused on the role of the energy companies in this potential and threatened crisis. I can give a number of examples. I have been contacted by somebody who installed solar panels and is prepared to supply energy to the grid. To get this energy accepted and paid for is an unbelievable task.The power generation company in question has no interest. It is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Update on Quarters 1 and 2: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

David Stanton: ...and sustainability loan scheme provides low-cost loans to farmers, fishers and SMEs. The Minister probably knows that if farmers get grant aid under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme, TAMS, to install solar panels and so on, they cannot get paid for exporting electricity to the grid. That is a barrier to farmers using solar energy to power their enterprises. It does not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Prices: Discussion (4 Oct 2022) See 2 other results from this debate

Lynn Ruane: ...be recovered. Some of those costs exist even when the customers use very little electricity such as in a holiday home or because they have upgraded their home to A-rated status or whatever else. Perhaps some use solar or photovoltaic, PV, power for their electricity during the day but still require electricity at peak times. There is a basis for having a standing charge. It is a...

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...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (29 Sep 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: ...grant aid through the Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (TAMS II) to assist our farmers in maximising their contribution to the production of renewable energy through the installation of Solar PV technology along with battery storage on Irish farms. Solar energy for on-farm use is grant aided under the Animal Welfare Nutrient Storage and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Act 2000 (Exempted Development) (No. 3) Regulations 2022, Planning and Development (Solar Safeguarding Zone) Regulations 2022: Discussion (29 Sep 2022)

Steven Matthews: My experience is that solar panels have a life expectancy of 20 to 25 years along with the inverters. The difficulty that might arise is with battery systems, but batteries are not required in all installations. It depends on the make-up of the household and when power is used. People need to consider that carefully. A payback period of seven years for something with a 25-year life...

Financial Resolutions 2022 - Financial Resolution No. 6 – General (Resumed) (28 Sep 2022) See 2 other results from this debate

Denis Naughten: ...taking of measures at European Union level instead of applying the renewable electricity support scheme clawback - something that I was involved in developing that as Minister - into the renewable energy wind and solar farms that are making excessive profits under the existing old renewable energy feed-in tariff. By using the new clawback model that has been developed, approved and...

Financial Resolutions 2022 - Budget Statement 2023 (27 Sep 2022) See 3 other results from this debate

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...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Sep 2022)

Sharon Keogan: ...Government their taxes, the Government hands some of this back through energy bills and the money goes into the pocket of the energy companies. Surely this is inflating a burst tyre. Why not put a €600 solar panel on every home instead? Let people make some of their own electricity and lessen reliance on these companies now charging unprecedented energy prices. Better yet, take...