Tim Lombard (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

One of the key issues over recent months and years is Whitegate and where we are going with it. I welcome the announcement made by the Minister in recent months that the Whitegate issue has been solved through guarding the oil refinery. Will this long-term contract or private sale ensure we will have a commercially working oil refinery on this island? Is the Minister happy that the body will keep the oil refinery going, which is a very important issue? Are we confident that Kinsale gas field on the southern side of Ireland will be kept going for the next few years or is the pending closure inevitable?