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

To answer Deputy McNamara, we will power this State using our own natural resources. We will have to share and balance with our neighbouring countries in the north-west region of Europe but we will power our future. The most secure way, and the most competitive way, is through renewable power. It is through the immense renewable energy resources we have. They are technologically available now, are cheaper and cleaner, and we have them in abundance. The Deputy is shaking his head but the analysis, the scientific analysis-----

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