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Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Revised) (20 Apr 2021)

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...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Revised) (20 Apr 2021)

Eamon Ryan: We have been involved with a consultation on the microgeneration support scheme which would allow people to sell surplus power back to the grid. I expect that we will conclude the consultation and the analysis of it and have a scheme in place by the summer. The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland, SEAI, has done a lot of work on community schemes already. They are working with...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Revised) (20 Apr 2021)

Eamon Ryan: ...this. East coast USA is now switching to offshore wind energy, significantly under the Biden administration. The UK is already way ahead and accelerating. We can expect something like 300 GW of power in the North Sea and Baltic Sea over a 20-year or 30-year time horizon. Our 35 GW, by comparison, is not out of scale. It is appropriate. It gives us a huge economic opportunity...