Noel Coonan (Tipperary North, Fine Gael)
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I refer to some of the issues we have discussed today and to the Minister's presentation in which he referred to remote locations and bringing the power from remote locations to where it is needed. The second theme was the transmission network to carry the power. I have often been asked if there is some reason there is no project, or proposed project, in the greater Dublin area where most of the power is used. There is much wind in Dublin; it is not just down the country. There is no onshore or offshore project in the Dublin region. Is Dublin a specific area, like a special area of conservation? I have been asked this on many times at public meetings.