Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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Question 916: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to bring forward a scheme for persons who want to erect wind mills for domestic use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19229/12]

Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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The planning system supports the use of domestic renewable energy including domestic wind turbines through specific exemptions or technologies, subject to certain conditions. The possible introduction of grant support for domestic wind turbines through, for example, an expansion of the existing grant scheme, Better Energy Homes, administered by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland, is a matter for my colleague, the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources.