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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I wish to explain that we are looking at the policy issues here. Policy is always considered by the joint Oireachtas committee, which includes Senators. That is the process.
I will move on to our witnesses. I ask our first witness, Mr. Matthew Collins, assistant secretary for natural resources from the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment-----