Brian Stanley (Laois, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

In County Laois, the councillors of both parties voted to have no wind farms anywhere in the county. They left Laois County Council open to challenge by wind farm developers. Guess what: two wind farm developers are now preparing legal action against the council on foot of the action of the Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael councillors. At the meeting on the local property tax over a week ago, Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael councillors proposed to add an extra €120,000 to the local property tax bill, the household charge, not for roads, footpaths, public lighting or libraries, on which Mr. Phil Hogan told me the money would be spent, but to pay the legal bill as a consequence of their actions. The two Sinn Féin councillors believed we should zone a small number of areas in the county for wind farms. They pointed out what was going to happen in terms of leaving the local authority open to challenge. The Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael councillors said they will let the Minister do the heavy lifting and that he can be blamed. The parties need to stop talking from both sides of their mouths.

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