Réada Cronin

To highlight concerns on the compliance of the General Scheme (GS) with EU law and international law obligations, including EIA, Habitats & Birds Directives, Water Framerwork Directive, Seveso Directive, Aarhus Convention, wider sustainability and security of supply issues, and…

To inform committee members about issues relating to Private Wires Bill

To engage with members of the Oireachtas on DCC’s priorities regarding the Private Wires Bill, and to highlight the ways in which decarbonisation could be maximized through the bill.

To secure Oireachtas support for changes to the obligation rates in the RHO

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…

Put forward measures to help alleviate energy poverty for low income households and people living in poorly insulated houses and unable to afford to make changes or in the case for rural households, alternatives to fossil and solid fuels not available to them.

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.

A meeting with the TDs and gain support for public policies to grow the energy storage capacity of Ireland.

A consideration of the matters raised and stated policy certainty over the annual increase in renewable blend obligations from year 1 of the scheme to 2030.

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

Engagement with all Oireachtas members on these reports and one to one meetings with various deputies and senators

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