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EirGrid Bill publication delay

Summary

Mattie McGrath challenges the delay in publishing the EirGrid Bill and criticises conflicting Government statements about pylons. The Taoiseach says it was always scheduled for the following year, prompting a brief dispute over its listing.

The publication of the EirGrid Bill has been delayed. We were promised that it would be published in the first session of this year, but now it has been put back. I wonder whether that has anything to do with the quicksand the Government has arrived in, with the Minister, Deputy Rabbitte and the Taoiseach, saying different thing with regard to the whole issue of pylons.

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Seán Barrett An Ceann Comhairle Fine Gael

No, we are not going there again.

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It is very important that we have legislation and that we rein in these monsters - not the pylons but the people who are pushing them.

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Seán Barrett An Ceann Comhairle Fine Gael

When we get the legislation, the Deputy can have as much debate as he wants.

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When are we going to get it?

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Enda Kenny The Taoiseach Fine Gael

The Bill in question has always been listed for next year.

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It was listed for this year. What happened?

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It was never listed for this year.

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I have been told that it was listed for this year.

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