James Bannon (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Two Bills are pending. The first is the Geothermal Energy Development Bill and the second is the EirGrid Bill. A third Bill, a Private Members' Bill, has been brought forward by my constituency colleague, Deputy Penrose, to deal with this issue. Is there any possibility those Bills will be taken in the near future? At every meeting we attend, there is a call from the public for a moratorium to be introduced until such time as we have proper legislation in place to deal with this issue. There are implications for our environment-----

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