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doing the hard stuff like wind farms and offshore wind? Does the Taoiseach realise that 20 years ago we were actually producing more wind energy than we are now? In 2030, there will be zero offshore wind energy produced by Ireland. We are hurtling towards disaster. Will

power generation, which was a symbolic end to a high-carbon era. It reflects the structural transformation under way in our energy network. Wind energy provided 48% of Ireland's power last February. In January, Ireland reached the important milestone of hitting 5 GW of installed onshore wind … must back that up with investment but also by making sure projects are delivered more quickly, particularly in the area of offshore renewable energy

wish to raise the issue of energy developments in County Galway. My constituency has seen some of the highest concentration of wind energy projects across the State. There are proposals for a large solar project in Monivea and two large-scale gas-fired generation plants in Athenry

Minister is restrained in what he can say. He is the Minister for agriculture, not energy and communications. I take his point about solar that the Department is providing for rooftops. That scheme is very much welcome. However, we are seeing the landscape transforming in front … concern we are expressing. We are not saying we are against solar farms; we are clearly not. They are as necessary as wind energy. A large, industrial biodigester was built in my area of Little Island a numbers years ago. Nobody objected to it. The community was actually

entrance to the Rush side of the Rush and Lusk train station. Deputy Louis O'Hara - To discuss the need for updated wind energy development guidelines. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness - To discuss water and wastewater infrastructure in County Waterford. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan - To discuss the crisis of capacity

discuss the growing impacts of housing insecurity, particularly on older people. Deputy Louis O'Hara - To discuss the urgent need for updated wind energy development guidelines. Deputy Malcolm Byrne - To discuss the levels of State support available to amateur drama and musical theatre. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness

private sector investment in these matters. There have to be guidelines. The Deputy's point is interesting because he instanced wind energy, solar and gas, and there are problems with all three. We have a significant energy security problem. In fact, one of the biggest issues facing

Dessie Ellis - To discuss the banning of surgical artificial insemination in greyhounds. Deputy Louis O'Hara - To discuss the urgent need for updated wind energy development guidelines. Deputy Malcolm Byrne - To discuss the levels of State support available to amateur drama and musical theatre. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness

discuss online disinformation and the need to promote and resource media literacy initiatives. Deputy Louis O'Hara - To discuss the need for updated wind energy development guidelines. Deputy Louise O'Reilly - To discuss social welfare supports for separated parents who co-parent. Deputy Barry Ward - To discuss

discuss the levels of State support available to amateur drama and musical theatre. Deputy Louis O'Hara - To discuss the need for updated wind energy development guidelines. Deputy Louise O'Reilly - To discuss social welfare supports for separated parents who co-parent. Deputy Colm Burke - To discuss

quite constructive but it struck me the cards are stacked against local communities. Deputies may be for or against wind farms and wind energy. I have to say it is okay in the right place but it was not and is not okay at that location, because

discuss the levels of State support available to amateur drama and musical theatre. Deputy Louis O'Hara - To discuss the need for updated wind energy development guidelines. Deputy Louise O'Reilly - To discuss social welfare supports for separated parents who co-parent. Deputy Barry Ward - To discuss

communities of Rathcormac, Castlemartyr, Killeagh and Mogeely in County Cork. Deputy Louis O'Hara - To discuss the urgent need for updated wind energy development guidelines. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan - To discuss the ongoing crisis of capacity at University Hospital Limerick. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore - To discuss the shortfall in primary

flood relief programme for Rathcormac, Castlemartyr, Killeagh and Mogeely in County Cork. Deputy Louis O'Hara - To discuss the urgent need for updated wind energy development guidelines. Deputy Colm Burke - To discuss the need for a national nursing home care policy. Deputy David Cullinane - To discuss funding

discuss the flood relief programme for Rathcormac, Castlemartyr, Killeagh and Mogeely, County Cork. Deputy Louis O'Hara - To discuss the need for updated wind energy development guidelines. Deputy Aidan Farrelly - To discuss the development of a new suicide reduction policy and related matters. Deputy Danny Healy

Minister since 2011, including former Minister Phil Hogan. We do not have proper guidelines for wind farms. I am in favour of wind and solar energy. I do not believe in this thing of "No wind farms, no solar energy". We should have them but the Minister … nearly a decade. Communities need some say and some protection. Society needs electricity and we are electrifying our energy needs to try to reduce carbon emissions. Wind and solar are good sources but we do not have good guidelines for wind farms. I got a reply from

European Union target. One of the most effective routes for us to try to achieve targets is through renewable energy, be it offshore wind, onshore wind or solar. There are competing interests against that. We are not achieving it at the level we should. Equally, agriculture is extremely

fronts, like onshore wind, offshore wind, electric vehicles, district heating and the use of biomethane, not to mention the impact of the new LNG fossil fuel terminals the Government is promoting and the data centres that are not required to use renewable energy. We are told

House yesterday and a question about solar panels and agricultural land was raised. People also want guidelines to restrict onshore wind. We need a general debate on how we plan this because renewables are the most sustainable way forward into the future. I will examine with the Minister … that it will not be possible. It is an important technology that can yield important results in terms of our energy requirements. There is a need for more renewables, without question, but I am concerned we are increasingly facing obstacles to achieving that agenda

that are threadbare. We have soaring levels of child poverty. We have a cost-of-living crisis that is escalating and we have energy and water infrastructure that is crumbling. The reality is this Government is an epic waster. It has wasted time, opportunity and a generational opportunity … will run out of capacity for new homes in Dublin in three years' time, we are on course to have zero off-shore wind generation by 2030 and our electricity grid is on the verge of collapse. Fine Gael has been in government for 14 years. I know

review framework, recognising the difficulty of managing that process overall, because of course all hospitals need water and energy security. Those things are also important but there needs to be significant capital investment. I appreciate the recognition of that. We cannot continue to grow the current budget … help of the health committee in particular in analysing the performance of hospitals in this way and making sure that we are winding down a structure we know is legitimate and lawful but is not what we want and not what we believe is the correct thing

Environment if he will report on the current energy policy narrative that Ireland will become a significant exporter of renewable electricity, particularly wind energy, in view of recent Eurostat figures showing that Ireland was a net importer of electricity by over 3,000 GWh in 2023 and over

Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on his Department’s review of ##wind energy development guidelines and the publication of the revised guidelines. [40847/25

Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the publication of the wind energy guidelines. [41277/25

Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he anticipates revising the wind energy development guidelines for planning authorities. [43578/25

Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a timeline for the publication of new wind energy guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35608/25

Climate Action Plan 2024 for when the revised wind guidelines will be published and the review into the 2006 wind energy development guidelines completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36260/25

Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the timeline for the development of wind farms off the coast of Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42071/25

Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the proportion of the 2030 target for offshore wind has been achieved energised to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43011/25

Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the proportion of the 2030 target for offshore wind capacity specifically for renewable hydrogen has been achieved energised to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43013/25

Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to outline the proportion of the 2030 target for onshore wind which has been achieved energised to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43010/25

Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment for an update on plans to deliver onshore and offshore wind power and solar in a sustainable way and engage with the community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43532/25