DISMISSIVE RESPONSE BY CLIMATE MINISTER ABOUT CONSULTATION ON INTERCONNECTOR: TULLY

Sinn Féin TD Pauline Tully has expressed her anger at the response she received from the Minister for Environment, Climate and Communication, Eamon Ryan TD to a recent Parliamentary Question she submitted on the North South Interconnector. The Cavan Monaghan Deputy told The Northern Standard: “In a parliamentary question I recently submitted to the Minister for Environment, Climate and Communication, Eamon Ryan, I requested if he would ‘establish a consultation process for the communities affected by the proposed north-south interconnector with the option of undergrounding this project… in view of the fact that the communities affected by the proposed Kildare-Meath grid upgrade are being consulted on an underground option…’ Unfortunately and disgracefully, the Minister’s response was dismissive of the difference in the way that the communities along the Kildare-Meath grid are being treated compared to the communities along the route of the North-South interconnector, arguing that the projects are ‘not comparable’, and citing the…