Dáil debates

Thursday, 8 July 2021

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions

 

12:30 pm

Photo of Thomas PringleThomas Pringle (Donegal, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The Minister has outlined that he is waiting for final agreement on the regulations. With whom is he waiting for agreement? As far as I know, nobody has been consulted on a final agreement except, perhaps, the developers. What the Minister has outlined on EirGrid sounds very good and nice but the reality is it is not the developer of the wind farms. The developers of the wind farms are private developers across the board, who railroad over communities and then end up with An Bord Pleanála and the courts and the Aarhus Convention is trampled on. We need to make sure people and communities are recognised and responded to. This is the reality of the situation and what the Government needs to do. The first thing the Minister could do is publish the wind energy guidelines and put in place guidelines that are useful and will benefit communities.

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