John Whelan (Labour) | Oireachtas source

This is the biggest planning issue the country will face. I was pleased that the Taoiseach said, in his address to the nation, that we would never again take the road of greedy, development-led strategies. I earnestly believe the wind energy strategy being pursued in this country at present is being driven by developers. It is predicated on a false and flawed economic model, based on a 2006 premise that America was about to run out of oil and gas. The contrary is the case. America will be self-sufficient for energy purposes by 2020.