Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 22 February 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action
Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed)
Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source
If I can, I will respond to Deputy Bruton's point. Many of the reasons for the slow progress are on the planning side; it is not just in transport. Deputy Bruton mentioned renewable energy. There had not been a renewable energy farm passed for two or three years, partly because An Bord Pleanála was in real difficulty and did not have enough resources. That has been addressed and it has had a significant increase in staff. It is very welcome that over the past four or five months a whole series of wind projects have come through the planning system.
Every single one of them is being judicially reviewed, which could mean anything in terms of further delay.
I will give another example outside the transport area. As I said, I was in Fingal last week. Maybe the Deputy can tell me where we are on the new wastewater treatment plant there. Was it at Clonshaugh?
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