Since its foundation, the ICSF has made many submissions to multiple authorities, pointing out errors and misperceptions in climate science and energy policy, advocating corrective actions and appropriate policy changes.
In general, we encountered an unfortunate reluctance to engage in dialogue to examine the increasing misalignment between current policy objectives and emerging scientific evidence.
We believe that a day will come, hopefully sooner than later, when current climate and energy policies will be demonstrated to be inappropriate, which may incur a public backlash when reality finally emerges.
In the meantime, we continue to proclaim the latest relevant science and evidence in the national public interest. We support rigorous ongoing scientific analyses of all aspects of climate science based on meteorological, atmospheric, solar and cosmic physics, backed up by properly designed experimental physical trials which allow valid orthogonal contrast analysis.
Some of the key ICSF submissions are listed below
Submissions to the Irish Government
ICSF made a detailed critique on the inconsistencies of the Climate Action Plan 2023 to Government in January 2023 linked here.
Submission to the Irish Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
In February 2024, ICSF submitted a critique of the EPA’s “Ireland’s Climate Change Assessment” linked here. The submission was acknowledged without comment.
Submissions to the Irish Politicians
In view of the then upcoming General Election, the ICSF August 2024 prepared a plea to Irish Politicians for pragmatism in climate-related agricultural, energy and economic policies in the next electoral cycle linked here. It was circulated to all Irish mainstream political parties.
Submission to the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (IFAC)
The ICSF made a submission to the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council on its paper “What Climate Change means for Ireland’s Public Finances”, linked here, the ICSF pointing out that IFAC was under-estimating the fiscal implications and overplaying the climate impacts, suggesting it needed to correct its facts on both.
Submissions to the DECC and associated authorities
In March 2025, based on the findings of the Pollock Report, a submission was made to DECC pointing out the technical and economic flaws of the Energy Transition, proposing a re-direction to clean conventional generation, linked here.
The same submission made to Eirgrid, copied to the ESB, linked here.
In July 2025, a further submission was made to the DECC in response to its request for suggestions on how to reduce Irish electricity prices, linked here.
Submissions to An Coimisiún Pleanála (ACP)
In September 2025, ICSF made a submission to ACP pointing out technical and financial flaws in the construction of Offshore Wind, in the particular instance of the Dublin Array, linked here.
In September 2025, ICSF a submission to ACP supporting the Shannon Energy and Technology Park proposal, linked here.
Both ICSF submissions were courteously acknowledged and noted by ACP.
Submission to the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU)
In September 2025, ICSF made a submission to the ERU in the context of its consultations on the national Draft Risk Preparedness Plan and Price Review Six, linked here, which submission was duly acknowledged.
Submission to Irish Rail
In October 2025, ICSF made a submission to Irish Rail’s consultation on the proposed 1.3m high sea wall from along the rail line from Merrion Gates to Seapoint, pointing out that this was unjustified in view of any rational 50-year sea level projections, linked here.
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