Michelle Mulherin (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Wind farms must be planned in the right way. Concerns have been expressed by certain local authority areas that the technical expertise is not available on smaller wind farms in particular in order to ensure against flicker and to ensure a properly designed wind farm.

Do the witnesses have an opinion on that? Do they think that Government guidelines could be more prescriptive? As the experts, developing the sector, what is their assessment of that suggestion? It is fair to say that some local authorities, especially those in the midlands, never thought about wind farms until planning applications started to arrive on their desks?