Josepha Madigan (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I note what the Senator said about the enabling grant. I will certainly bring that back to the Minister and the Department. I also note what she said about RESS 1 and RESS 2. The information I have on the small-scale renewable electricity support scheme is that it will help those community projects in the future. It will be launched in the coming months and will provide a strong level of support to and certainty for community energy projects, notwithstanding what the Senator said about the fact that they have signed up for RESS 1 and RESS 2.

The Senator mentioned that the deadline is 31 December next. I will certainly bring her comments back to the Department. Obviously, we do not want a situation where we have community projects in any way delayed, scuppered or not being able to function properly because of a commercial project. I will certainly bring that back to the Department and the Minister.