Luke Flanagan (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Independent) | Oireachtas source

An important question was asked on whether representatives of the Environmental Protection Agency had visited fracking sites elsewhere in the world.

Obviously, they will do so in the future or I hope they will. If they do, could they bring someone from Fáilte Ireland to ascertain whether he or she thinks it is a lovely place to visit? If someone from Fáilte Ireland does not think it too lovely, it would be a good indicator that not many people will be visiting north Leitrim if fracking comes there. The man from Tamboran Resources was quite disparaging about how beautiful the place was and did not seem to think that there was much potential for tourism.