Seán Canney (Galway East, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I will say two things about what the Taoiseach said: people matter and families matter. It is important that in any rules, regulations, guidelines or anything like that we bring in, that our people have got to be at the top of the agenda. Deputy O'Donoghue will talk about this matter after me. However, it is important we see this as something that needs to be done for people on the ground. They are in the Gallery listening to the Taoiseach. I ask him to take on board that CEPA needs to meet with him as a matter of urgency, together with Deputy O'Donoghue and me. That is important for the sake of the faith we need to restore in what we are doing here. We can have a roof revolution in terms of green energy.

We have got to learn something from what happened at Derrybrien, where we erected turbines and demolished the environment, but now cannot use the turbines because they have been ruled out of order in Europe. It has landed at the end of the road as regards planning. Something happened there that was wrong, which has been repeated and repeated. It is time we said stop, until we have something where we know what we are dealing with and deal with it for the people.

See this speech in context