Alex White (Dublin South, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I am always amused when people say there are rumours abroad. It is usually the person who says that who is starting the rumour. I certainly have not heard the rumours Deputy Troy refers to. The wind energy guidelines are a serious matter and are being dealt with as such. I did not say there was no secret about a disagreement between colleagues, I said it is no secret that there is tension in the country - we might as well face this - between the imperative in respect of developing renewable energy, on the one hand, and the real community concerns about the location of wind farms on the other. That is what I said there was no secret about and Deputy Troy should not put words in my mouth. We are seeking to resolve that and we will resolve it, in the interests of the Irish people and our renewable energy policy.

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