Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 8 July 2014

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht

Licensing and Harvesting of Seaweed in Ireland: Discussion

5:30 pm

Mr. Máirtín Ó Murchú:

What quality of seaweed, or what kind of seaweed, is needed for fracking? Does it need to be of a certain quality? Does it have to he high in alginic acid? What does seaweed need for fracking? Will any old seaweed that comes ashore do? What kind of seaweed qualifies for fracking? It has been suggested that the Chinese might come in and harvest seaweed for fracking. Maybe any old seaweed would do them. What quality of seaweed is needed for fracking? It is just a question. I do not know the answer.