Joe Neville (Kildare North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister again for his response. This Government and in fairness, this country, has always had a very strong agricultural backbone. It is hugely important to our name around the world and that is why we are here on both sides of the House to support it. In this time where renewables are changing and the world is changing around us, we have to take every positive step both from a renewables perspective and an agricultural perspective.

This is about setting out the plans such that, into the future, they meet holistically and well and that we are actually planning for the future as opposed to having something meet us afterwards and deciding we could have done something better. I know the Minister is on top of this and I know it is something he is dealing with, but it is important for us all to discuss it, to raise it and to see how we can progress it best into the future. I thank the him for his time and the detail he has given.

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