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Seanad: Planning and Development (Solar Panels for Public Buildings, Schools, Homes and Other Premises) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (28 Jun 2021) See 5 other results from this debate

Róisín Garvey: ...the issues and they had traffic light systems, with green, orange and red, indicating who used the most energy and making staff and pupils aware. However, they did not have the solution. They knew what a solar panel was but when they asked to get solar panels they were told they needed architects, planning permission and fundraising. They were told schools were trying to get the hole in...

Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Jun 2021) See 3 other results from this debate

Paul Gavan: ...current grants leave too much burden on homeowners. There must be more generous grants and greater assistance with the upfront costs. We need a legal framework to allow people to sell electricity from solar panels on their roofs.We need to see significantly more Government investment. That investment must be underpinned by a just transition strategy. In County Offaly the local community...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (24 Jun 2021)

Colm Brophy: ..., and €1 million to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) for emergency food, water and sanitation supplies. Ireland is also addressing a critical infrastructure gap by funding the development of a solar energy plant which will power the North Gaza Emergency Sewage Treatment Plant, reducing the strain on Gaza’s electricity grid. The rebuilding of Gaza and...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Just Transition Fund (23 Jun 2021)

Ossian Smyth: ...has a key role, and it is important that my Department engages and continues to engage with the ESB on the future of the midlands. I will address specifically the Shannonbridge and Lanesborough power plants and what their future is. The just transition commissioner made a recommendation in the first progress report in May 2020 that a study be undertaken on the future potential of ESB...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Grid (23 Jun 2021)

Eamon Ryan: ...the past decade and the next decade will see further development as we reinforce Ireland’s position as a world leader by integrating at least 70% renewable electricity, principally wind and solar generated electricity, onto the power system by 2030. EirGrid, the electricity grid operator, has over the last decade overseen significant investment in the...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: The Cost of Climate Action: Discussion (17 Jun 2021)

...transformative. It can be done by adopting a community wealth-building approach to climate action. Now is the time to give communities ownership of the new climate economy, to give them windmills and solar farms so that they can use the substantial returns to develop community centres and sports clubs and to create new co-operatives for retrofitting or the roll-out of agroforestry so...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (16 Jun 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: .... I honestly believe that if the Bill is implemented in full, it will break the country. The Government's suggestion is that everything will have to run on electricity, but it has closed down power stations. We have had three or four close calls since Christmas, including as recently as a couple of weeks ago. We do not have the facilities or ability to generate enough electricity....

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Programme for Government (2 Jun 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The Programme for Government provides for the development of a Solar Energy Strategy for rooftop and ground-based photovoltaics (PV) to ensure that a greater share of our electricity needs is met through solar power. A number of steps as part of our overall approach to solar energy are under way. The development of grid scale solar energy has been sharply accelerated in...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Renewable Energy Generation (25 May 2021)

Alan Farrell: ...growth in renewable energy across Europe. Information released recently by the International Energy Agency, IEA, has shown a significant uptake in renewable energy production. This includes, of course, solar, wind and other renewables, which are growing at the fastest rate in more than 20 years. Much of that change is being driven in Europe and the US. However, China, while being a...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (20 May 2021)

Matt Carthy: 170. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the supports available via the SEAI to farmers for the purposes of introducing solar power to their farms; the total funding of these schemes and grants; the number of applications for such schemes and grants that have been received from farmers for each of the years 2016 to 202 and to date in 2021; the number of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (18 May 2021)

Norma Foley: ...current Building Regulations - 10% of primary energy provided via photovoltaics - Infrastructure provision for electric vehicle charging - A3 BER is achieved using a hybrid approach of: - Maximising nature through passive solar design, quality daylighting and quality ventilation. - Enhanced technologies including LED lighting and controls with daylight and absence detection, digital...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Renewable Energy Generation (7 May 2021) See 1 other result from this debate

John McGahon: .... I raise it because the idea and commitments on this issue in the programme for Government are excellent. If we can imagine it in layman's terms, it is the concept of people being able to put solar panels on their homes and businesses and farmers being able to diversify into this area by using some of their land for solar power. They would then be able to take the energy generated and...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 May 2021)

Eamon Ryan: ...to this. That is that we will see connection with our neighbours. It is part of a wider international system. The scale of change that is coming is that there will be a connection to solar power from the south, nuclear power in France and hydroelectric power in Scandinavia and the Alps. The new technology and the innovations that have taken place-----

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 May 2021) See 1 other result from this debate

Bernard Durkan: ...for last 20 years, for instance, and there is not very much of it around yet. There are other alternatives, however, some of which are achievable in the short-term. There is a renewed interest in solar energy. I am not certain that will be the ultimate answer because wind energy requires some other fallback or reliable source. The wind does not blow all the time in all parts of the...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 May 2021) See 3 other results from this debate

Jackie Cahill: ...view some in this House would try to force on rural Ireland, on both sides of the argument. In other words, let us adopt a common-sense approach to this issue. I refer to anaerobic digestion, the installation of solar panels on the acres of roofing on the farm buildings we already have, wind turbines and solar farms. All of these have huge potential for the creation of renewable energy...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Apr 2021) See 1 other result from this debate

Neasa Hourigan: ...from the new jobs that will be created by the inevitable change that is coming in all our industries in response to climate action. We did not do that. Our ability to retrofit our homes, install solar power and run district heating systems will be slower now than it could have been because we will struggle with capacity in the sector. We should not be proud of the past decade because...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (28 Apr 2021)

Eamon Ryan: ...which will support the ambition set out in the Programme for Government of at least 70% renewable electricity by 2030. My officials have reviewed the referenced report, which was commissioned by the Irish Solar Energy Association (ISEA). Solar energy projects were a key part of the success of the recent RESS 1 auction and the Programme for Government commits to building on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Increasing Wind Power on the National Grid: Discussion (27 Apr 2021) See 3 other results from this debate

...set out what needs to happen across planning, grid and market policy to decarbonise our electricity supply. Implementing those four reports gives us our best chance of reaching our 2030 targets. I want to focus today on the Saving Power report, which sets out how to integrate more renewable energy onto the grid. Last year, more than 10% of renewable generation was lost because the...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (21 Apr 2021)

Duncan Smith: ...geared towards meeting our targets. The retrofit programmes for which funds were allocated in the Government's latest budget, including the one-stop-shop for people to apply for subsidies for heat pumps, solar panels and insulation, need to be fast-tracked. These programmes must be State-led and the cost to people must be negligible. If the carbon tax is to be retained, this is what it...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Revised) (20 Apr 2021) See 2 other results from this debate

Eamon Ryan: ...stock. Doing low-income social housing first is the right strategic approach and that is what that budget allocation of approximately €170 million last year is very much steered towards. On the solar PV targets, I am not aware of hold-ups in the system such as those the Deputy mentioned. If he sends me details in that regard, I will look into it. There should not be a...