Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

Subsequent to that meeting on 17 January 2011, a letter went from the then Minister, Deputy Ó Cuív, to his counterpart on 24 January. Deputy Ó Cuív had only been in office a day. He was holding down three portfolios at the time, which was quite a feat. The letter stated that, having regard to the relevant considerations, the Government was of the view that the appropriate and most productive way forward would have been to avail of the mechanisms of consulting mentioned rather than a formal transboundary consultation. Was it not the case that that letter went on to say that in cases that we did expect formal transboundary consultations on the environmental assessments relating to each proposed power plant?