Mike Kennelly (Fine Gael)

I welcome the Minister of State's use of the word "expedited". He will expedite the process of developing the guidelines and implementing them. What we do not want here is communities up in arms. When the turbine industry was really getting going and being built, communities were torn apart. There was no communication. There were barriers. There were no guidelines or policy. Now we are going much the same route for solar planning and we need matters expedited. Let us keep communities together and work with them. I request that communities be made aware of any future developments in respect of solar farms. There is an application going in now, but communities are not being made aware of it. Let us bring everyone together and bring communities together. We will do so. I appreciate the Minister of State's answer. I hope that we will have the guidelines in the near future.