Seanad debates

Wednesday, 12 March 2014

1:35 pm

Photo of Paschal MooneyPaschal Mooney (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I am not speaking for my colleagues. I am only making my own observations based on my experience and what I have heard at various committee meetings. The simple fact of the matter is that we have had a lot of international investment in offshore projects in the past 30 years and what have we got for it? The Kinsale field - that is what we have got. No gas has come from the Corrib gas field in the past 15 years. That is all I am saying. If we are serious about developing our energy resources, there is a need for the Government and local communities to work together in the national interest. Is the Senator against this? Perhaps, he is; I am never quite sure what Sinn Féin is in favour of because it has-----

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