Brian Leddin (Limerick City, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

Senator Higgins mentioned fracked gas. In her opening statement, Ms Connolly was very clear that fracked gas can be just as bad as coal in terms of its climate impact. Does the CRU have a view on this? If it is advocating for LNG, and there is a considerable risk that the source of LNG could be fracked, are we not then putting ourselves in a position where we are actually contributing to climate change to the same degree as we would be if we were burning coal, although those emissions would not be accounted for in Ireland's figures? They would be overseas, be it in Pennsylvania, Texas or wherever the shale gas would be mined.