Bríd Smith (Dublin South Central, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

What I am getting at is that there is plenty of evidence, apart from the Australian study such as that by the Marine Institute in Galway, that seismic testing has a serious impact on zooplankton and dolphin and whale life of the ocean. That, combined with what Mr. Collins has just told us, means that there is light-touch regulation of the companies that are carrying out this testing and that have found so little gas or oil. Does Mr. Collins feel the Department is being in any way negligent in allowing it to happen without proper oversight of these companies?