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Dáil
‹ Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Gas Pipeline Extension.

Gas supply to Kilkenny

Summary

Reynolds asks who overruled Bord Gáis’s decision not to supply Kilkenny on economic grounds. The Ceann Comhairle rules that the question must remain focused on Wexford.

The Minister knows he will not get a seat in Wexford and he will not waste his time doing anything for them. The Minister said that decisions are made on purely economic grounds in relation to the supply of natural gas. Perhaps he would tell me how he applies that criterion to Kilkenny as Bord Gáis had refused to supply gas——

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It is a simple question of——

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Is this another question that the Minister does not want to answer? Who overruled the Bord Gáis decision on economic grounds not to supply gas to Kilkenny?

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Thomas J. Fitzpatrick An Ceann Comhairle Fine Gael

This question relates to Wexford and we will have to stay there.

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It arises out of the Minister's reply. The Minister's colleagues announced that gas will be supplied to Kilkenny——

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