Danny Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I want to voice my opposition to the ramming through of this very important motion this morning, when only a handful of Deputies will get only a couple of minutes to talk. We certainly did not get time to deal with all these extra amendments. I am sure they will adversely affect many people who are trying to create employment. Ramming this through without any proper scrutiny reflects poorly on the Minister of State. Deputies are being denied the right to properly scrutinise what will be voted on here later. It is being rammed through by the Government and that is totally and absolutely wrong.

One of the things that worries me is the denial of a right to judicial review. No one took a judicial review lightly because they are very costly but the option was there. It worries me that the Government is going to deny certain people the right to seek a judicial review. I am also very worried about the utterances of the Planning Regulator with regard to the county development plan passed in Kerry. The broad view of the councillors when discussing the plan was that people in Kerry did not want turbines close to their houses. I am worried that this Bill will in some way override the view and voted policy of Kerry County Council with regard to planning for wind turbines. It was the council's view that Kerry has more than its fair share of turbines and that there was nowhere left for them that was not close to houses.

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