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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (31 Jan 2024)

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 -...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (31 Jan 2024)

Cathal Berry: ...the large energy companies are dusting down the ordinary people. Those are the three things - the cost, the energy security and whether we can cut out this middle guy, whether we can provide more solar panels for people and literally give power to people. I want to focus on two programmes in particular. The first is the schools solar panel programme. It is an excellent programme in...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (31 Jan 2024)

Eamon Ryan: ...to Russia, Iran or other countries where we import the gas from at the moment. The second main reason it is expensive is because we have a very distributed housing system and we have to get a power line to every single home. I did not hear Mark Foley at the Oireachtas committee, but I will go back and listen to him. Getting new power plants has been a difficulty and that is why we as a...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (31 Jan 2024)

Eamon Ryan: .... First, they are transformative in reducing emissions. We do not have the final figures for last year but we will get them shortly, but there was a dramatic reduction in emissions from the power sector in Ireland in part because when the wind was not blowing here, we were drawing power in from the UK in a way that allowed us to meet our needs and also reduce our emissions. We will be...