AQW 38397/22-27 Written question to the Minister for the Economy

To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail any assessment her Department has undertaken of the potential environmental and public health benefits of domestic solar energy generation.

Asked by Paula Bradshaw MLA on 16 January 2026

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Tabled
16 January 2026
Answer due by
2 February 2026
Answered
3 February 202618 days after tabling
Department
Department for the Economy
Priority question
No

Answer

Individual project proposals for domestic solar energy generation are subject to planning authority approvals, including the completion of any relevant environmental and public health impact assessments as appropriate.

My Department keeps the wider impacts of energy technologies under review as part of ongoing policy development. Any future policy on domestic solar energy generation will include the completion of all statutory impact assessments.

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