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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Meeting Ireland’s Targets under the 2020 Climate and Energy Package: Discussion (23 Jan 2018)

Bríd Smith: ...healthy lifestyle of our population and it has the added benefit of creating tends of thousands of sustainable jobs. This issue should be a strong feature of our report, as should wind energy, solar energy and so on. I would like to make an observation. One could not say "No" to anything that has been said here. From a scientific and societal point of view, all that has been said is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Meeting Ireland’s Targets under the 2020 Climate and Energy Package: Discussion (23 Jan 2018)

Eamon Ryan: I have a question for each of the witnesses who made opening statements. Mr. Kenny is correct that heat is a key issue but we have potential in solar heat to tackle it. I support the work being done by St. Fintan's high school in terms of promoting solar PV because it has the potential to provide one power supply for the heat technology mentioned by Mr. Kenny. Solar has a role on the heat...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Meeting Ireland’s Targets under the 2020 Climate and Energy Package: Discussion (23 Jan 2018)

Brian Stanley: ...two big freezes five and six years ago there was no wind. The temperature was -16 degrees Celsius in the area in which I live. The other aspect is the potential overheating of the grid because of power surges. How can this be regulated? There is a view in the electricity industry that only so much wind energy can be handled. The project in Tipperary is interesting. The full cost,...