Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 18 December 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment

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

12:40 pm

Photo of Eamon RyanEamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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Deputy Smith stated that she would accept some of the amendments. I ask her to indicate those to which she was referring. It would be better to decide on the fundamental issue now. The report would have to be redrafted for the shortening exercise that was mentioned earlier, but I think it would be better for the committee to take that vote now rather than waiting until January. We will come back with a further revised report. Our message to the Dáil in that regard would be that the committee was not able to decide on the adoption of that report. I think the Dáil should decide where we would proceed from there.