On this page you can access the recording from the AILG-OPR training event entitled ‘Community Benefit Funds and Renewables’ held on Friday, 28 March 2025. 

This video contains the following presentations:

• Planning Ireland’s Climate and Energy Transition – Community Benefits – Paul O’Neill, Principal Officer, Planning Advisory Division of the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications.
• Community Benefit Funds under the Renewable Electricity Support Scheme – Paul McGoldrick, Assistant Principal and Jesus Vazquez Solis, Administrative Officer, Renewable Electricity Division of the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications.
• Community Benefit Fund Management – Elaine Barrett, Community Benefit Fund Coordinator and Suzanne Kearney, Assistant CEO and Programme Manager of SECAD Partnership CLG.