Dáil debates

Wednesday, 28 March 2018

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed)

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

1:25 pm

Photo of Leo VaradkarLeo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

-----do not want to do so for one nationality. That is the position they take and I can understand that perspective entirely. Obviously, our first commitment must be to our citizens living in the United States and it is.

In relation to the County Clare wind farm, I gave a comprehensive explanation of the timeline at a press conference in New York and also produced the documentary evidence of the email. Deputies may be aware, and this does not seem to have been mentioned, the project was ultimately refused by An Bord Pleanála on environmental grounds. Sometimes even wind farms can be refused on environmental grounds. It is the long-standing practice of Fáilte Ireland to examine planning permissions and to make observations if it is its view that-----

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