Press Release Archives - Page 3 of 12 - Councillor Derek Mitchell

Eamon Ryan, Green Party, Minister for Energy has done nothing to avert threatened power cuts in the next 2 years. Other countries have done lots including getting long term gas contracts. Holland has got a floating regasification plant connected within 7 months, Germany will have 2 by Christmas. In contrast Ireland has spent a year preparing a paper which does not consider many likely problems such as: ·       Pipelines blown up and out of action for a year, only 30 days considered. To repair the pipes blown up in the…

Many EU countries have introduced measures, months ago, to cut down on energy use this Winter as a result of the Russian War. We urgently need to cut energy use as electricity & gas will be short in peak periods. The current proposals concentrate on drastically cutting use by major employers. These are Irelands major exporters which our prosperity depends on and many have continuous processes which cannot be easily stopped & restarted. There is a need for other users to cut down especially when there is a potential shortage…

The scheme needs to be reduced in scale and number of units. The population of Greystones together with granted and commenced development is greater than planned in the EMRA population targets. This is a peripheral site to the town which is the furthest out part of the Greater Dublin Area Metropolitan Area. It should not be developed at such high density in contravention of the Development Plan. The number of units, especially apartments, should be reduced. Visual Impact. The apartments are located in the most visually intrusive part of the…