John Kelly (Labour) | Oireachtas source

They are very worried. They have great respect for Judge Catherine McGuinness and Mr. Colm McCarthy of the expert review group, but they also believe a medical expert needs to be brought in.

They believe community groups should be able to feed into that process and I agree with them.

On my way to Dublin today I listened on radio to talk of e-cigarettes and how dangerous they might be. I have no doubt that the Government will commission a health report on e-cigarettes. Where is the report which has been commissioned on the effects of electric and magnetic fields associated with 400 kV lines near people's homes and their back gardens in which their children play and near playgrounds? The Government does not want to hear that there is a possibility that overhead 400 kV lines will endanger lives. The politicians who told us that the midlands project was designed for the export of wind energy need to come into this House to tell us, if it is designed for the export of wind energy only, why consideration is being given to going ahead with it, as it makes no sense. The reason we need to know is we have lost faith and trust in EirGrid and the wind energy sector.