Willie Penrose
Question:440. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to a statement made in October 2013 by United Kingdom Minister of State at the Department of Energy and Climate Change, Mr. Greg Barker MP, that there are enough wind projects in the system, there is no requirement for anymore onshore expansion and the big expansion for same should be offshore where there is scope for larger projects and whereby, with the projects in the system and under consideration in the planning process, they had enough to achieve their 2020 targets; in this context, if he will clarify the impact of this statement on the intergovernmental agreement, IGA, on export of wind-derived electricity to the United Kingdom; given that the IGA is still in the process of being evaluated, if he will also clarify the scope of the associated cost basis analysis in terms of cost and revenue elements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55242/13]
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