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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Fossil Fuel Divestment Bill 2016: Discussion (27 Jun 2017)

...to a wide range of renewable energy projects such as the Dublin waste to energy initiative, NTR wind energy generation and Greencoat Renewables plc. Indirectly, via a series of SME funds and infrastructure and forestry investments totalling over €500 million, the fund is supporting renewable energy, power efficiency and onshore wind energy projects and emissions management. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Fossil Fuel Divestment Bill 2016: Discussion (27 Jun 2017)

...extending the invitation to speak at this session. I wish to acknowledge the many fine investments currently held by the Irish Strategic Investment Fund, ISIF, in its current portfolio in wind, solar and renewable energy companies across the globe and the €44 million capital committed to energy investment in Ireland at the end of 2015. Ireland must take its climate change...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Fossil Fuel Divestment Bill 2016: Discussion (27 Jun 2017)

Gerry Horkan: The point was made that not only is there a moral argument for this but as coal and oil become less acceptable and as people move disruptive technology towards electric cars, solar power and wind, the commercial viability of these companies over time is likely to decrease. There is not just a moral argument as to why we might do this, but it makes sense, similarly to moving away from...