Seanad debates
Wednesday, 16 October 2002
Adjournment Matters. - Cardinal Healthcare, Longford.
Senator Bannon spoke about a gas connection. If there is an industrial requirement for gas to go to Longford, and it warrants a certain quantity of gas, there will be no problem regarding BGE responding to ensure it is a commercially viable proposal. If it is commercially viable and if the requirement exists, the gas connection will be made and that will enhance opportunity for the residential sector to tap into the gas as well. However, it is not possible to take it to Longford and leave it there waiting for somebody to tap into. We must have a requirement for gas from the industrial sector to justify the huge capital investment involved. If proposals come forward, the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources, Deputy Dermot Ahern, and Bord Gáis Éireann will be only too delighted to respond to them.
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