Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 10 July 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment

Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Discussion (Resumed)

11:00 am

Photo of Eamon RyanEamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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I do not believe that oil and gas exploration off the west coast is a security response because there is no guarantee whatever we will ever find anything. The alternative would be a liquified natural gas terminal in Shannon or Cork. At our previous meeting, IBEC was very clear in its analysis that this is not a viable solution because of higher emissions and it not being economic. Does Ervia share the analysis that IBEC presented?