Joe Higgins (Dublin West, Socialist Party)

I will make my final point. The attitude of this Government is clearly seen in the treatment of the community of Rossport. It refuses to compel Shell, to whom it has given the fabulous wealth of gas and oil off the Mayo coast, to extract oil and gas in a way that does not threaten the community. It was scandalous that five residents had to go to jail to defend their community. Now the Government is giving Shell the right to go ahead after a little bit of window dressing.

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