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

It does not address the point made about Government correspondence, signed by the Minister, which is normalising fracking. Where I come from, fracking is not normal and will never be regarded as normal. Will the EPA report measure the level of public resistance, should there be any attempt to introduce fracking in the north west? Does the Minister know the area? Has he seen it? Can he envisage the area, even if there is no threat to health, with 100 lorries transporting water to fracking sites up and down the narrow roads of beautiful north Leitrim?