Seanad debates
Thursday, 6 November 2003
Adjournment Matters. - Derrybrien Wind Farm.
The ESB and the county councils came to public meetings with their cards up but the ESB has not played those cards. It must take responsibility for what has happened. We cannot wait for reports that might give the ESB the idea that it can slip out and say it is not fully responsible and therefore does not have to rectify the problem. That cannot be allowed to happen. It is too serious, not alone for the local community but for national development. It is important that we have wind energy but the question arises again as to where and how the development will take place. Many of the sites now designated under planning law in several counties have to be reassessed for their suitability.
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