Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 8 October 2013

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht

Location of Wind Turbines: Discussion

3:20 pm

Photo of Luke FlanaganLuke Flanagan (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Independent)
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What the Minister said about misunderstandings suggests that people who are against wind energy are misguided. I would love to have 100% confidence that the Minister will actually do something about this. However, from having listened to him this morning, I could not be that confident. What misunderstandings is he on about? The witnesses have done their research and were very careful to couch the studies on noise in appropriate language. They could have pushed the matter even further but said that there are limited studies on certain areas. They do not sound like people who are over-egging the pudding. What are the misunderstandings supposedly associated with people who have a problem with wind farms in the midlands?