The Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources has announced that he will chair a Steering Group to advise on the finalisation of the Energy Policy Paper.

Alex White made the announcement as he opened the next phase of the public consultation process.

He confirmed that John Fitzgerald (ESRI), Brian Motherway (SEAI, and Helen Donoghue (IIEA) will participate on the Steering Group, together with three officials from the Department.

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The launch event was held today, 25th September, in Dublin and was attended by over 150 stakeholders.

The Minister also reviewed progress to date and set out the next steps towards the development of a definitive Energy Policy Paper for publication by September 2015.

Minister White said: "This launch event today kicks off further engagement with stakeholders, as I had previously indicated in July. My officials will host several events with stakeholders on all of the priorities set out in the Green Paper, to ensure that all of the issues identified in the submissions are fully understood. We want to be sure that the assumptions on which the White Paper will be written are tested and accurate."

(CD/MH)