Brian Leddin (Limerick City, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

We do not have time to reopen the issue. It is the case that if some entity, whether the Government, a commercial entity or a private individual, were to apply to build such a facility, and, hopefully, we will never be in a situation where we need this horrendous fuel, then all of the legislation that recently passed means it would be treated as a strategic in nature and, therefore, it would go directly to An Bord Pleanála, rather than to the local authority. The characterisation that it is fast-tracking is incorrect. I would like to point that out.