Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 31 January 2017
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment
Policy Issues arising from the Exploration and Extraction of Onshore Petroleum Bill 2016 and the EPA report on Hydraulic Fracturing: Discussion
5:00 pm
Hildegarde Naughton (Galway West, Fine Gael)
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The role of the committee is to look at the issue of fracking. That is our remit. It is a very important role that the committee has. The EPA report was referred to this committee, which I think is a very valid pathway. It is something that we should be capitalising on now in that we should be examining these issues. We are using the correct format in this regard. As elected representatives, we have the power to consider it in this format. I take on board the concerns of the Deputy and they are on the public record. If we could just move on-----