John Brassil (Kerry, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the Minister for Communications, Climate Change and Environment, Deputy Naughten, as my question concerns the new guidelines on wind farm development that have been promised for a number of years. We are anxiously awaiting them. I am dealing with a situation in Kerry in which an entire community is facing the construction of ten turbines in excess of 65 m in height.

The project was refused by Kerry County Council and recommended for refusal by the inspector of An Bord Pleanála but the board of An Bord Pleanála subsequently granted the development. The community is left with no other option but a judicial review which will cost in the region of €25,000 to €50,000. They are coming up with that and pursuing it because they believe their rights are being infringed greatly. I support them in that.

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