John Kelly (Labour) | Oireachtas source

I appreciate that there is a review of the guidelines in place at present. We must wait to see what comes from that. I realise there are targets for green energy and so forth, but we have done this from 1999 to November 2012 in defiance of EU directives. That is the problem. We are clearly leaving ourselves open to be sued. The developer, the local authority and the Government will be sued. I have already been told that house prices will be devalued by between 20% and 50%. There are a couple of ways to deal with this. First, county councils can decide to revoke planning permission. That is within their gift. Second, the Minister must withdraw REFIT funding where EU directives have been breached. It is important that he be informed of that. At least I have put this on the record of the House.