Results 1-10 of 10 for destroyed speaker:John Kelly

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Alternative Energy Projects (29 Sep 2015)

John Kelly: ...a wind farm development, one will get nothing. I will give the Minister an example. In Sliabh Bán, in County Roscommon, there are 20 wind turbines which stand 130 m high into the sky. They will destroy the landscape of Sliabh Bán. On initial consultation the wind farm developers were offering €57,000 a year to the local community. Following further consultation and...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Mar 2015)

John Kelly: ...a great job. There simply are not enough of them. Why are we trying to fix a service in Dublin that is not broken? We have the man who wanted to reduce the quays to a cycle lane now wanting to destroy the fire and ambulance service. Incidentally, he is not a Garth Brooks fan. We have a service that almost guarantees a response time of eight minutes in Dublin, while in the rest of the...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Dec 2013)

John Kelly: ...that he is opposed to both wind turbines and pylons. This proves that the majority of farmers do not support the various projects which are proposed and which will lead to the landscape being destroyed.

Seanad: Wind Energy Guidelines: Statements (15 May 2013)

John Kelly: ...20%? When we came up with the figure, did we consider what it would mean infrastructurally? Will it mean that we must have turbines at every crossroads, with the whole country crisscrossed by pylons, destroying absolutely our beautiful landscape? A survey carried out in Donegal recently indicated the people are saying that if the county were to be destroyed by wind turbines, it would...

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Ms Nessa Childers, MEP (1 May 2013)

John Kelly: ...EU member states on wind farm developments and energy? In the UK, they have decided they have enough of them and are asking us to erect them in our country for the provision of their power to destroy our landscape. When I met the Finnish ambassador several months ago, I told him of the problems we are having with wind farm developments too close to people's homes. Finnish policy, he...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Feb 2013)

John Kelly: ...the dumping ground for the UK because its wind energy policy has led to an increase in the demand for electricity there. The UK wants Ireland to provide it with electricity but the process will destroy our landscape. Like other Senators I pay tribute to Senator Martin McAleese. I compliment him on his work on the Magdalen laundries. When the media in County Roscommon refer to Oireachtas...

Seanad: Order of Business (31 Jan 2013)

John Kelly: ...today you're in for a big surprise". If you go down to the woods tomorrow you will be in for a bigger surprise because the trees will be gone and replaced by an 185 m wind turbines. That will destroy the landscape. Senator Darragh O'Brien alleged that a social welfare grant for communion and confirmation had been withdrawn. It was never a grant. It is a discretionary payment which...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jan 2013)

John Kelly: ...windmills at every crossroads in the country. The UK is moving away from wind energy because electricity bills have increased with its introduction. They will turn to this country and ask us to destroy our landscape to provide electricity for them at cheaper prices. We need a substantial debate on wind energy before the entire landscape is destroyed.

Seanad: Offshore Oil and Gas Exploration: Statements (27 Jun 2012)

John Kelly: ...subject, as the Minister knows, wind energy is my pet project at the moment, but I am concerned that unless we start to consider other technologies to generate electricity, our landscape will be destroyed by wind turbines. I know it is the Minister's opinion that we will not have wind farm developments at every crossroads in the country, but I am concerned about something that happened in...

Seanad: Wind Turbines Bill 2012: Second Stage (22 Feb 2012)

John Kelly: ...and are very much in favour of it. Senator Leyden mentioned some wind farm developments in my county. Sliabh Bán is the most beautiful mountain in County Roscommon and a developer wants to destroy it with dozens of wind turbines. There is an attempt to force windmills on the residential community of Dysart - they have no rights. Senator Ó Clochartaigh said that when we discuss green...