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Seanad: Special Measures in the Public Interest (Derrybrien Wind Farm) Bill 2023: Second Stage (20 Feb 2024)

Rónán Mullen: ...of energy from those who committed the initial wrong, while providing we can continue to use the resource now that it is there. The idea we would entertain the uprooting by these turbines by the ESB as a mea culpa, only doing further damage to the environment, is nonsense. It speaks volumes. It is a combination of ineffectual government and arrogance, whereby the Government does not even...

Seanad: Annual Transition Statement: Statements (22 Jun 2022)

Rónán Mullen: ...of "all climate plans and policies, plus further new measures" will be needed to meet the target. That statement by the EPA will send chills down the spine of people struggling to pay their ESB bills and to fill their cars. Let us look at other targets. Is the target of 1 million electric vehicles on Irish roads by 2030 not completely unrealistic? Surely it will be missed. Electric...

Seanad: National Broadband Plan: Statements (16 May 2019)

Rónán Mullen: ...not apply to the broadband network? It seems more likely that the Government is essentially being corralled into doing this by virtue of the fact that the tenders from Eir and SIRO, the joint venture between the ESB and Vodafone, were withdrawn. With Granahan McCourt remaining as the only bidder, it has, unsurprisingly, led to it assuming relatively little risk but all of the reward....

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Oct 2014)

Rónán Mullen: ...of wind energy in a way that is not cost effective, and which involves ordinary people subsidising the production of renewable wind energy to the tune of €94 million per year through their ESB bills and this public service obligation. I am in favour of renewable energy but we seem to have caught ordinary people out and they are bearing the brunt of the lack of planning and the...

Seanad: Electricity Transmission Network: Motion (13 Nov 2013)

Rónán Mullen: ...the Government because they are aware of what has happened to individuals such as 65 year old Teresa Treacy who was jailed for contempt when she refused to obey an order to allow EirGrid and the ESB to carry out work on her land near Tullamore. She was seeking to protect the trees on her land. I am not stating people should act in contempt of court, but they are concerned that companies...

Seanad: Schools Building Projects: Motion (23 Apr 2008)

Rónán Mullen: .... The school has approximately 48 pupils, has no central heating and is very draughty, which gives rise to a terrible waste of money because a significant proportion of the capitation is spent on ESB payments. The principal had described in her letter the mould and damp throughout the school and had mentioned that a family of snails had taken up permanent residence on the ceiling of one...