John Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)

It is very much part and parcel of farm incomes. Indeed, in my county and many counties farmers have received planning permission in that regard and many of the wind turbines have been erected. There are difficulties with connection to the grid and the cost factor, and the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources, Deputy Noel Dempsey, is working on that.

On the three Ministers involved, I do not wish to sound smart but I got three documents from the Fine Gael Party at the weekend, one from Deputy O'Dowd, one from Deputy Mitchell and of course an important one from Deputy Naughten, all of which related to alternative energy, and the same problem exists in the Fine Gael Party.

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