Dáil Éireann - Volume 546 - 12 December, 2001

Written Answers. - Electricity Generation.

[1001] 63. Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Public Enterprise the response which has been received from the President of the European Commission following the petition from An Taisce and others to have a PSO refused for the production of electricity through the use of increasing scarce Irish peatlands. [32020/01]

Minister for Public Enterprise (Mrs. O'Rourke): As indicated in my reply to the Deputy's previous identical Question No. 87 of 17 October 2001, my knowledge of the petition referred to is gleaned from the mass media and I have had no communication from the European Commission regarding it.