Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)

As Deputy Clare Daly will be aware, I tested her propositions with EirGrid and I am satisfied the material that I have put on the record of the House is the honest and best assessment available to me.

Deputy Daly is correct in one regard, that is, that I met Rush Community Council and as a result of that meeting, I re-tested the claims it makes that EirGrid withheld or misrepresented data on EMF during the planning process. These allegations are categorically refuted by EirGrid. Subsequent to that meeting, I advised Rush Community Council of the conclusions to which I had come.

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