Dáil debates

Wednesday, 22 March 2017

Questions on Promised Legislation

 

12:15 pm

Photo of Seán FlemingSeán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I raise the long promised and overdue revised guidelines for the wind energy industry. The Taoiseach will be aware that in 2016 the European Court of Justice ruled that Ireland will have to carry out a strategic environmental assessment before any revised guidelines are issued. As any planner will agree, the process of carrying out a nationwide assessment takes more than two years to complete and the procurement process could take another year. In light of this ruling, will the Taoiseach confirm that the revised guidelines will not be available for several years and we will be stuck with the current guidelines?

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