Seanad debates
Wednesday, 16 February 2022
Planning and Development (Solar Panels for Public Buildings, Schools, Homes and Other Premises) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage
10:30 am
Peter Burke (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
I cannot give an exact time, but it is rated very urgent by the Department. Second, we had that bilateral engagement with the Department of the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan. The Irish Aviation Authority has raised the issue of glint and glare. It obviously requires an exemption exclusion zone because 90% of the country will be covered. To do that and carry out that mechanism, it must go through that threshold. That only emanated over last year from those negotiations. Many individuals probably thought it would be more straightforward to do, but once we went through the process it threw up that it was necessary to go through more mechanisms. We just have to do that. Unfortunately, they all cannot run side by side all the time.
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