Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

In recent months I was at an event down in Kerry. There was a whole slew of new businesses coming forward which see investment opportunities in this area, in particular for counties such as Kerry. As I stated earlier, we will find energy solutions in areas where we have land, and it is also in areas close to the sea where we can tap into that energy. The wealth generated by the renewable energy sector will not sit in urban Ireland, it will be in rural Ireland. This Bill is taking money that has already been collected and redirecting it specifically into the energy sector, which would most benefit rural Ireland, where these new businesses will be located. That is an opportunity for Kerry, not a burden.

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