Holly Cairns (Cork South West, Social Democrats)
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141. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the RESS-2 scheme. [59901/21]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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This final Terms and Conditions for the second auction under the Renewable Electricity Support Scheme (RESS) was approved by the Government on 27 October 2021 and is available here: www.gov.ie/en/publication/7f0bb-renewable-electricity-support-scheme-2-ress-2/

A revised, accelerated timetable was also approved, and was published by EirGrid in their role as auction operator.

The RESS 2 auction process commenced on 23 November with EirGrid publishing the Qualification Information Pack. The current timetable indicates that the Qualification Application process will open on 7 December with the auction scheduled to take place in May 2022 and final auction results due in June 2022.