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DISCUSS ALL-IRELAND GREEN ECONOMY WITH GORMLEY SDLP MLAs Dolores Kelly and Alban Maginness met John Gormley, Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government at Leinster House in Dublin on Friday to discuss all-island green issues. Dolores Kelly chairs the Assembly Environment Committee while Alban Maginness chairs the Enterprise, Trade and Investment Committee. They were accompanied by Cllr Matthew McDermott, chair of SDLP Youth. Alban Maginness said they talked about a joint north-south waste management strategy and climate change and urged that they be included in the agenda of the North South Ministerial Council meetings. He said: “We talked about the need for an all-Ireland renewable energy strategy and the potential for Ireland to be a net exporter in the new green economy.” Dolores Kelly also raised the red tape which is holding up INTERREG IV projects for co-operation on providing jobs, the east-west cross-border rail link and dealing with climate change in border areas. She urged the minister to do what he could to expedite approvals for projects which had been ready to go for two years now. Cllr
McDermott told the Minister about the work SDLP Youth has done
campaigning for the roadmap for the Copenhagen climate conference
in December. “Climate change is by far the biggest issue
facing my generation and we need action fast,” he said.
He also urged the Minister to work to have climate change included
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