Brian Leddin (Limerick City, Green Party)
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92. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on his Department’s recent public consultation on microgeneration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13278/21]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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The Programme for Government commits to prioritising the development of micro-generation to help citizens generate their own renewable electricity for their own use, for example from solar panels on their roofs, and allow people sell excess electricity back to the grid by July 2021.A Micro-Generation working group, chaired by my Department, is developing an enabling framework for micro-generation which tackles existing barriers and establishes suitable supports within relevant market segments. The proposed support mechanism was outlined in a public consultation which closed for submissions on 18 February last. Over 900 submissions were received from the general public and a broad spectrum of industry and interested parties. The assessment and analysis of the submissions is underway, with a view to publication of the final high level design of the Scheme, subject to Government approval in the coming months. Further updates can be found at gov.ie - Renewable Electricity (www.gov.ie).

A suitable payment for excess electricity generated on site and exported to the grid will be available to all microgenerators by 2021 in line with Articles 21 and 22 of the recast Renewable Energy Directive. It is intended that all relevant provisions of the Directive will be transposed into Irish law prior to the transposition deadline of 30 June 2021.

The Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU) published an updated Roadmap for the Clean Energy Package’s Electricity and Renewables Directives in February, which provides for a public consultation on the regulatory framework for prosumer development later this year. The document is available on the CRU website CRU21019-2021-Roadmap-for-the-Clean-Energy-Packages-Electricity-and-Renewables-Directives.pdf.