Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 10 October 2012
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications
Hydraulic Fracturing: Discussion
10:40 am
Ms Laura Burke:
As I said in my opening statement, our role is in commercial extraction. A licence would be required from the EPA for commercial extraction. The EPA does not have a role with regard to exploration licences, other than as a statutory consultee with regard to the environmental impact assessments associated with such licences.
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