Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Minister referred to the workshops and the various themes within the paper. Will the Minister let us know when these take place? I completely agree that we need to expand our infrastructure and that we need it for the future. There are projections of 3% of GDP growth this year and 4% the following year. Even if we are economical with our energy, we need to expand. However, certain people have formed groups and committees which oppose all of these projects. They might not read or see the review and might not believe that we need to expand. If we knew when the workshops will take place we could inform people and ensure people cannot say that they have not been informed or that we did not tell them. It would enable them to look into it themselves.