Seán Canney (Galway East, Independent) | Oireachtas source

When a company makes an application for a licence to do an exploration or a drill, it has to fulfil certain obligations within our jurisdiction. It has to provide the impact statements, the appropriate assessments and the financial guarantees. If having done all of that, and it is adjudicated on, although not by me but by an independent authority, I, or any Minister, would have no reason to say that it cannot proceed.