Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 9 May 2017

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment

Prohibition of the Exploration and Extraction of Onshore Petroleum Bill 2016: Committee Stage

5:30 pm

Photo of Seán KyneSeán Kyne (Galway West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

My earlier amendment means that the definition is as follows: "hydraulic fracturing means the generation of mechanical fractures in rock below the surface by means of the physical process of pumping fluid". Under the accepted terminology, gas is included in the definition as a fluid.

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