Mr. Eddie Mitchell:

On that point, it is important that people understand the context. The policy on fracked gas entering the Irish energy mix was going to be decided on the steps of a courthouse in secret. That is something the committee should not accept. This is the forum in which policy should be scrutinised having been developed in the Dáil. We should not have a situation whereby one person can decide the future of 30 years' energy supply for this country. That should never have been allowed to happen.