Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 3 July 2018
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment
Scrutiny of Petroleum and Other Mineral Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Discussion
3:00 pm
Mr. Matthew Collins:
To make a clarification, in terms of licences and whether operators sit on licences, it is important to note that we have about 56 licences issued at different stages. Each licence is subject to a work programme and that is part of the regulatory process. There are work activities that all operators or licenceholders must carry out as a condition of retaining that licence. There may not be drilling on a particular licence but other activities will be taking place.