Holly Cairns (Cork South West, Social Democrats)
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56. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of community-led renewable energy projects operational in the country; the number which come under any other State-backed scheme broken down by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59395/21]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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The Renewable Electricity Support Scheme (RESS) is the main Government policy to help deliver on the ambition in the Climate Action Plan 2021 of up to 80% renewable electricity by 2030. The RESS supports communities in a variety of ways including through a separate category for community projects and a mandatory community benefit fund for every project supported in the scheme.Prior to RESS there was only one community-led renewable electricity project in operation – Templederry Community Wind farm in Tipperary.  The community category in the first RESS auction selected seven projects for support which are listed in the table below: