Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

We all agree that there is a need for renewable energy. However, we must question the cost to rural Ireland. For a number of years, there has been an ongoing threat of industrial wind turbines being erected throughout rural areas. Will the Minister not agree that there should be a moratorium to ensure no industrial wind farms can be given planning permission until he and his colleague, the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, bring forward robust legislation to deal with the erection of wind turbines?

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