The Sinn Féin general election candidate in County Wexford has said that Ireland’s natural resources must be used for the good of Ireland’s people, and never again should these resources be given away for the benefit of politicians. Cllr Anthony Kelly has said that decades of corrupt and bad government have allowed these natural resources to be handed over and exploited by others, including multinational companies.
"In this time of new poverty, mass unemployment and rampant emigration, we sometimes forget that Ireland is a country which is rich in natural resources," Cllr Kelly said. "It shall be our duty to promote the development of the Nation’s resources, to increase the productivity of its soil, to exploit its mineral deposits, peat bogs, and fisheries, its waterways and harbours, in the interests and for the benefit of the Irish people. Those are not my words, but the words written in the democratic programme of 1919. Our state was built on those words. I’m sorry to say that greedy politicians have long forgotten those words, and have willingly sold off our assets at no benefit to the Irish people. Sinn Féin rejects this sell out, and in power will ensure that the Irish people will benefit from our natural resources.”
“Sinn Féin seeks to establish a State oil, gas and mineral exploration company which would actively participate and invest in exploration. We would plan for strategic public investment in developing the renewable energy sector, including the establishment of a publicly-owned national green technology firm for Ireland that would manage and use the island’s energy resources. We would establish this within 12 months of taking office. Sinn Féin would insure that the ESB and other state bodies remain in public ownership. We would set a target for becoming a net exporter of electricity from renewable sources. This nation is rich, and it’s time to spread that wealth and use it to jumpstart our tattered economy.”
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