I too wish to raise the issue concerning the planning guidelines for wind turbines. Will the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, explain why the issuing of these guidelines has taken so long? They were promised for last year, as well as the end of this year. Now it seems it is going into next year. As Deputy Brassil said, there are concerns that wind turbines are being allowed near homes in Gneevgullia at a massive height. There needs to be some regulation to address this matter. Last year, I asked here that before the decision was made that the new planning guidelines would be adhered to. Neither are there directions to local authorities concerning solar panels.

It is important that when we go out to public consultation on this sensitive but important issue that we get it right to ensure that we do not have to go back to the drawing board later. It took a little more time to finalise these guidelines. They are now finalised and will be going out to public consultation shortly.