Jackie Cahill (Tipperary, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Mr. Cullinan raised the issue of objections to a plant being developed by one of our processors. I raised a Topical Issue matter on this a few weeks ago. While we must respect the right of every citizen to object to a project, this had gone through An Bord Pleanála, which upheld the application, and a judicial review is now being used to delay decisions on it. We have to ensure that the judicial system cannot be used to delay a venture such as this, which is trying to diversify our markets. Every organisation has a right to object but we have to make sure that our system is streamlined in order that objections can get through the system in rapid fire.