Michael Colreavy (Sligo-North Leitrim, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I apologise but I did not see the draft letter to the Northern Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Investment, Ms Arlene Foster, MLA prior to today. If it has not yet been sent, I propose that the substantive paragraph should read:

The committee also wishes to inquire if your Department is undertaking or intends to undertake a detailed environmental and economic, including agricultural and tourism industry, impact assessment of shale gas extraction in the Border region [adding the following words] and to indicate whether any exploratory hydraulic fracturing will be permitted prior to receiving and considering the results of this assessment.