Alice-Mary Higgins (Independent)
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I have to come in on two issues. On the question of de-risking, it is a matter of how public moneys are used. It is not whether there should be action in respect of private finance but how public money is routed towards private companies, which is a slightly different issue. It is not about de-risking nationally. There is a factual issue I have to come in on because there was a suggestion of an untruth there. This is not a matter of whether we as a State choose to develop a State commercial facility. The fact is that the language in the new planning legislation explicitly names, as strategic infrastructure, LNG infrastructure, and indeed allows access to a speeded up planning process that bypasses local authorities and goes straight to the new commission. There was a suggestion of untruths. It is not usual the practice that there would be accusations of untruth and I am certainly not in the business of such. I want to be clear-----