Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I agree with the Deputy that climate change is now a real priority and that there is a need for a real and genuine discussion on sustainable energy and what that means. His comment in regard to the expansion of the deserts speaks for itself.

It is perfectly legitimate to have protest in the country. The scale of any particular protest depends on the issue involved. It is not evidence of getting it wrong but of people's concerns and anxieties, which they are entitled to have heard and followed up on, as they will be.

The Deputy referred to the major energy facility at Moneypoint. These are matters that have to be discussed.

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