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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (7 Feb 2024)

Eamon Ryan: ...opportunities. In the energy sector, the focus is on accelerating and increasing the deployment of renewable energy to replace fossil fuels, with a target 9 GW of onshore wind, 8 GW of solar, and at least 5 GW of offshore wind by 2030, while developing an associated industrial development strategy. Significant progress is already being made to establish our offshore wind generation...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (31 Jan 2024) See 3 other results from this debate

Cathal Berry: ...That is the first question. Second, I was concerned by the testimony of the EirGrid CEO, Mark Foley, before the Oireachtas committee yesterday. He said he cannot get companies to build the new power plants that we need from an energy security point of view. That is a big issue from a security perspective. Third and perhaps most concerning of all, there is a perception out there -...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Oversight of EirGrid: Discussion (30 Jan 2024)

...Liam Ryan: I will focus on the future element. The energy transition is actually happening. In addition to the infrastructure progress Mr. Mahon talked about, we are changing how we operate the power system. Currently, we can operate the power system where 75% of the instantaneous electricity is delivered by non synchronous renewable sources such as wind and solar. We have reduced the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Proposed Changes to River Shannon, Grand and Royal Canals and River Barrow Navigation By-laws: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Jan 2024)

Steven Matthews: I have one more question on access to services. At the moment, people can be almost off grid on the waterways. They can have solar panels and batteries and they do not need to be plugged into the mains power. If there is a requirement to plug into mains power, will those plugs need to be tested and certified for electrical installation?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Climate Change Policy (25 Jan 2024)

Eamon Ryan: ...keep as our North Star that we have to meet. We should also be careful not to make people despondent, give up hope and think it is absolutely impossible. We are seeing at this time an increase in solar in particular, including in Ireland, and in wind power technologies and others that no one expected to scale. If we can continue the exponential rate of growth, it gives us the prospect...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Air Quality (25 Jan 2024)

Eamon Ryan: ...a significant difference, as is the promotion of active travel, as the Deputy said, and other clean technologies. In fact, the renewables issue we were talking about earlier would also help. Solar and wind power will all help in terms of air quality. The key issue now is doubling down on enforcement and getting local authorities to enforce the legislation we have. I will continue to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Capital Projects and Operations: Iarnród Éireann (24 Jan 2024)

..., which, as I said, the first carriages of which will arrive at the end of quarter 2. We are also progressing, with our partners Translink and Northern Ireland Railways, a tender for a new Enterprise fleet to ensure a sustainably powered hourly service on the Dublin to Belfast route. We are liaising with the Department of Transport and the Special EU Programmes Body, SEUPB, on funding...

Increased Fossil Fuel Divestment: Motion [Private Members] (13 Dec 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: .... For example, in 2017, ISIF took a 28% stake in a renewables company for €76 million of Irish taxpayers' money. In 2020, when we divested our stake down to 4%, that company was generating 528 MW of power through renewable sources. In 2023, three years later, that output was trebled, with 1,450 MW of renewable power being delivered across Denmark, the Netherlands, Finland,...

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Dec 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: ...to the House, there is scrutiny in committee and the motion then comes back here. What is being proposed in this Bill, however, would give a Minister, with the approval of Government but with no Oireachtas oversight or approval, the power to make profound changes to what is, in effect, planning law. The measures in question might be called policy but they are planning law. That is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of the Climate Action Plan 2023: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (7 Dec 2023) See 2 other results from this debate

Simon Coveney: ...up of the numbers, we also need to match that with significant funding. At present, the funding we have is being used but the numbers are relatively small. We launched this new grant aid for solar panels in the summer and that money has already been used up. We are now under pressure to find more money to extend it. We put €13 million in place for the second half of the year and...

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 Social Protection: Water and Energy Connections in Rural Areas: Discussion (6 Dec 2023) See 2 other results from this debate

...our offshore islands. This will be achieved through a combination of Government support schemes and policies to encourage and subsidise the generation of renewable electricity as well as corporate power purchase agreements and private wires. One of the major Government policies to help to deliver on Ireland’s ambitious climate and energy targets is the renewable electricity...

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Second Stage (30 Nov 2023)

Ivana Bacik: ...the Minister and I have spoken about. We cannot meet our 2030 climate change targets, just six and a bit years away now, without making the necessary investment. I have engaged extensively with those working in wind power and solar power and they all tell me planning is the major obstacle to the development of the infrastructure they are keen to develop. There are now many national and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan Review: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Nov 2023)

Eamon Ryan: ...and that is why the industry has gone towards that direction. It means we have fewer turbines and that helps from an environmental perspective. We are now up to approximately 800 MW of solar already. Had the Deputy told me ten years ago we would put in 800 MW like we did in the past year and a half, I might not have believed him. That is phenomenal. We will deliver up to 5 GW in the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (30 Nov 2023)

Michael McGrath: ...relieved in 2022 Supplied for household use 8.4 TWh Generated from renewable sources 15.6 TWh Produced from environmentally friendly heat and power cogeneration 0.5 TWh Used for combined heat and power generation 0.000013 TWh Used for the production of electricity or in...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (29 Nov 2023)

Eamon Ryan: ...Through the Submeter Support Scheme, three payments of €137.61 (exclusive of VAT) will also be paid to supplier submeter accounts, identified by suppliers, which cannot receive payments under Scheme III. Under the Solar PV for medically vulnerable Scheme, grant support will be provided to approximately 4,000 customers on the priority services register to install solar PV systems at...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: COP28: Discussion (28 Nov 2023)

...commitments. What is quite telling and quite frustrating is that, in our view, they are not in reality properly applied in Ireland. For example, where are the commitments to large-scale use of solar power and energy efficiency measures on their sites? That is something we should consider.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Renewable Energy Generation (16 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: ...other three. What were the difficulties? Where is the analysis? I would like to see it. Where RESS 2 is concerned, eight communities were successful. How many of those remain? Are they all solar or are other forms of generation involved? What are the possibilities? I agree with Deputy O’Rourke that this is an exciting area. It is a way to both power and empower communities....

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Supplementary) (16 Nov 2023)

Ossian Smyth: Working through the many things the Deputy drew attention to, the first is the solar scheme. I think he is asking what the €12 million will produce and what we will deliver from that. This enhanced solar scheme began in July of this year. Since then, €7.8 million has been spent and 36 MW has been delivered. I expect that if we are at the same ratio, if we do €12...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (16 Nov 2023)

Eamon Ryan: Ireland is in the top five globally for installed wind power capacity per capita, with approximately 4.6 GW of onshore wind generation capacity, and is a world leader in the integration of variable renewable electricity onto the grid. Solar energy is a growing source of electricity and is rapidly transforming Ireland’s energy system with approximately 700 MW of grid connected capacity....