John Whelan (Labour) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister for his frank and thorough response. Recent concerns have been voiced by the Irish Thoroughbred Breeders Association, ITBA, about the development of wind farms of the magnitude proposed in the midlands, amounting to some 2,500 turbines across a swathe of counties Laois, Offaly, Westmeath, Kildare and Roscommon. One wind farm has been proposed for an area that is not even in the designated area. This is inappropriate and undermines people's confidence in the planning process. The area is Kildangan in south County Kildare, home to one of the country's-----