Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

It is a major issue. Given the option, when there are similar communities and landscapes around, very few people would seek to purchase a house that is next to a turbine for obvious reasons.

The central point is that climate change is an urgent issue and the Government needs to respond in a proportionate and measured way, and it must be feasible from the point of view of community involvement and co-operation. By generating opposition in local communities, the Government will do such a project no justice at all. I appeal to the Minister of State to do all in her power to ensure the Government listens to communities on the ground.

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