Michael Colreavy (Sligo-North Leitrim, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister. The expert panel would not be having these discussions except for the fact that the local community protested and spoke about their serious, valid concerns about what appeared to them to be a policy decision driving practice that did not take their rights into account. It is important that those in the community know that it is not just the companies' technical advice that is informing this inquiry and that their concerns, which have been outlined in great detail, are seriously addressed because unless specific concerns are answered, communities will continue to voice the same concerns. They need to be identified and answered, and the answers must be explicit.

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