Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

The provisions of this Bill will apply in those circumstances. It is not a hypothetical question, there is apparently a coal seam out in the Irish Sea which has been considered for a long time.

I do not think we should be doing any exploration for any fossil fuels any more. We have to put an end to all our offshore exploration for fuels from a climate perspective but that is a real prospect as I understand. So would that prospect be regulated under this legislation?