Noel O'Donovan

Pre-engagement regarding Oireachtas Committee hearing, advocating for a mixed technology approach to retrofitting homes and an acknowledgement that LPG and rLG can play a significant role in Ireland's decarbonisation journey.

That the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment in conjunction with the Minister for Social Protection announce that as a Government, wasted renewable energy is no longer acceptable and that we, as a country, want to try and use surplus renewable energy to help those…

Include civil society + lived experience on any energy affordability/poverty taskforce and in governance of the new plan.::Strengthen income supports: benchmark Fuel Allowance, create an Energy Guarantee Scheme, add targeted extra supports for energy-poor households, index core…

Improvements to the Renewable Electricity Support Scheme to deliver power at a better price to electricity consumers through extending contract duration and applying full indexation.

Re-focus from energy affordability to energy poverty; action on self-disconnections; appearance at follow-up JOC sessions.

To ensure members of the Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Energy and Enviornment are briefed on TAZCH submission for pre legislative scrutiny of RHO General Scheme and have an understanding of industry concerns

To brief members of the Oireachtas on TAZCH concerns about the planned RHO legislation and convey the importance of implementing a scheme that is fit for purpose

To provide information to local public representatives on the development of a Battery Storage facility in Bandon Co Cork and to alert them to a community drop in clinic to provide information and address questions.

That the committee would write to the Minister for Climate Energy and the Environment and ask him to announce that the Government will immediately begin to use surplus renewable energy to help those in energy poverty, as per the commitment in the programme for government.

Support for recommendations in the Ireland Electrified Electrification Action Plan - https://irelandelectrified.ie/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/ESI_ElectrificationActionPlan_Online.pdf

Support for the recommendations set out in the Wind Energy Ireland Offshore Wind Action Plan, available online here: https://windenergyireland.com/images/files/web-offshore-wind-strategy-may-2025-12-page-a4-260525-am.pdf

To secure a meeting with newly appointed members of the Oireachtas Climate, Environment and Energy Committee; to brief them on Statkraft activities; to promote the renewable energy sector

Awareness amongst decisionmakers of that State's current progress towards meeting carbon budgets.

To brief political representatives on LGI’s policy priorities to support the decarbonisation of rural homes and businesses beyond the natural gas grid, emphasising the need for a ‘Just Transition’ in Ireland and the potential impact of the upcoming Renewable Heat Obligation Bill.

Additional supports for people in energy poverty in Budget 2026 and a dedicated session to energy poverty