Critical Infrastructure Bill 2026: Report and Final Stages
Dail Éireann — 2026-05-13
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John McGuinness (FF), Carlow-Kilkenny

My concern around the issue we are debating now is the rights and supports that are necessary for local communities when they make their objections and when they are pitched against big companies that can steamroll their way through the planning process and onwards. The reason they take judicial reviews is because they feel that they are failed by the process itself and that they are being ignored by the political process.
We have been promised, for example, onshore wind regulations in this House since 2006. We have had numerous debates about the regulations. Politicians have done somersaults in relation to it.

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Sitting date: 2026-05-13