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Nationalisation of Energy System: Motion [Private Members] (14 Dec 2022)

Bríd Smith: ...of energy and heat that is based on the needs of people and not on the need for profits by energy generators or the fossil fuel corporations. We must take control of our national and renewable energy sources of wind, solar and tidal power and reverse the present policy of privatisation of renewable energy. That is the best guarantee of our being able to keep CO2 emissions down and to...

Nationalisation of Energy System: Motion [Private Members] (14 Dec 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ...be built this decade and will deliver in time for us to meet the second of our three carbon budgets. We will set, as I set out in my convention speech, really ambitious targets, including 5 GW of solar power that we want to deliver in the next three years. The ESB could not do it, full stop - not a chance. That means we would not meet our climate targets. If we were to accept this...

Nationalisation of Energy System: Motion [Private Members] (14 Dec 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The mechanisms we are putting in place are starting to work. This year was a record year for connections of new renewable power, and that will have to increase each year. As I said, this is not just on the electricity side but at home too. We are also on target this year to deliver the upgrades to our homes to make them energy-efficient. That is part of the integrated system to which I...

Nationalisation of Energy System: Motion [Private Members] (14 Dec 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: ...With the major push we need to make to renewable energy to ensure we preserve our environment, there is now an opportunity for a new decade of public infrastructure investment in fuel sources. Solar and wind energy are the only shows in town when it comes to moving away from our reliance on gas and coal. The companies that run them should be State owned and operating in the public...

Nationalisation of Energy System: Motion [Private Members] (14 Dec 2022)

Paul Murphy: ...companies, including pre-pay, district and communal heating operators, at a level that reduces energy prices to below pre-crisis levels and eliminates profits as a precursor to nationalisation; — transform the Commission for Regulation of Utilities to a people's power agency with a mandate not to promote competition but to ensure the delivery of affordable electricity for all...