Motion or amendment: Renewables to Enhance Northern Ireland’s Energy Security - Amendment 1

Motion or amendment by Ms Diane Forsythe on 20 March 2026.

MLA: Ms Diane Forsythe
Party at the time: Democratic Unionist Party
Date: 20 March 2026
Type: Motion or amendment
Business: Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “Renewables to Enhance Northern Ireland’s Energy Security”
Heading: Renewables to Enhance Northern Ireland’s Energy Security - Amendment 1
Assembly identifier: Document 477253

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Renewables to Enhance Northern Ireland’s Energy Security - Amendment 1
Leave out all after ‘internationally-driven price spikes;’ and insert:
‘agrees that an appropriate energy mix, combining greater renewable energy generation with ongoing and essential supplies of fossil fuels, offers the clearest, most realistic and lowest-cost pathway to enhance Northern Ireland’s energy security, and, as a result, stable and lower costs for consumers; further agrees that, given the high dispatch-down rate for wind in Northern Ireland, delivering energy security will require stronger east-west and north–south collaboration on energy infrastructure, grid connectivity, long-duration energy storage and market integration; condemns those pursuing renewable energy targets in isolation, and those inhibiting delivery of the North-South Interconnector; regrets that, according to the Northern Ireland Audit Office, there have been significant flaws in implementing the NI Energy Strategy despite the Department for the Economy spending approximately £107 million on this area since 2020; and calls on the Minister for the Economy to progress the case for a further east-west interconnector as part of a comprehensive plan to reduce Northern Ireland’s dependence on harmful fossil fuels and deliver a green energy transition that is able to ensure energy supply can always meet demand.’

196 words. Text as published by the Northern Ireland Assembly.