Written answers
Wednesday, 23 February 2022
Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
Wind Energy Generation
Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent)
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65. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the finalised terms and conditions for the first offshore wind-specific RESS auction, ORESS 1, will be published; when he expects his Department to complete its review of the submissions received in the public consultation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10283/22]
Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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My Department recently hosted a public consultation on the draft terms and conditions for the first offshore wind-specific RESS auction, ORESS 1. This consultation received 156 submissions. These submissions are currently under review and my Department intends to issue a formal consultation response in the comings months prior to seeking Government approval to final terms and conditions by end Quarter 2 as set out in the 2021 Climate Action Plan.
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