Climate Action Plan
Dail Éireann — 2026-02-17
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Louis O'Hara (SF), Galway East

I want to raise the ongoing review of the 2006 wind energy guidelines. Revised guidelines have been promised for many years at this stage, as the Taoiseach is aware. In my constituency, and particularly in the north Galway area, we are facing a huge number of developments in communities such as Clonberne, Killimordaly, Barnaderg, Shancloon and Laurclavagh, to name but a few. The 2006 guidelines were brought forward when turbines were a fraction of the size of modern turbines. They do not protect communities from these developments. The guidelines are totally out of date. I ask that the Taoiseach provide an update on the work that has been undertaken to review these guidelines and a timeline for when updated guidelines will be in place.

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Sitting date: 2026-02-17