Joanne Collins (Sinn Fein)

Like the Minister of State, I see reducing energy costs as definitely a plus. However, if you cannot build on your land and you cannot get planning permission because your land is now going to be too close to the turbine that went in last year, it does not matter what the electricity cost is as you cannot live there. One without the other does not seem to work. That is my issue. These two policies, one trying to repopulate rural areas and the other trying to provide for wind energy, are going against each other. They are not going to work together. I again ask that the Minister release these guidelines that were done six years ago and have them published so that we have symmetry across all planning areas whereby you have the same rules for every county.Loads of land in this country is never going to be used for building. We have plenty of bog land that could be used for wind turbines. Let us try and get them in the right place and at the right height in order that we do not underpopulate our rural areas.