Debate contribution: Belfast International Airport: Wind Turbines
Debate contribution by Mr Conor Murphy on .
- MLA
- Mr Conor Murphy
- Party at the time
- Sinn Féin
- Date
- 12 November 2024
- Type
- Debate contribution (made as a minister)
- Business
- Oral Answers to Questions
- Heading
- Belfast International Airport: Wind Turbines
- Assembly identifier
- Official Report component 4658625
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I am not suggesting that I am aware of that specific issue, but, as I said in response to an earlier question, I am aware that, if we want to meet our targets on net zero — there is a range of areas where we are moving simultaneously, such as wind, biomethane, hydrogen and geothermal — we need all Departments to act together. Planning is very much part of that, because there is no point in some Departments pursuing and supporting growth in certain industries only to find that there are planning restrictions or interpretations of planning policy that hold things up. I spoke about the mid-Ulster biorefinery cluster earlier, and we are setting up a meeting between Infrastructure, DAERA and us to work through those issues. Departments need to work together to make sure that the accelerated growth that we need to meet our net zero targets is part of an all-Executive approach. All Departments need to work together to make sure that that is achieved.
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