Special Measures in the Public Interest (Derrybrien Wind Farm) Bill 2023: Second Stage
Seanad Éireann — 2024-02-20
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Rónán Mullen (IND), National University of Ireland

There are 70 operational turbines the Minister of State does not want to give a chance to. If I was writing the Government's school report, I would be saying "Can do better". Maybe I would add in another couple of words: "Can do an awful lot better." I invite Government Members to have a rethink. The lack of imagination and the arrogance underlying it has led to a "Computer says no" response from the Government. Ministers should be getting the message from Government backbenchers that that weakness of will, lack of imagination and stubborn refusal to take on good ideas will be the Government's undoing in the end.

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Sitting date: 2024-02-20