Jerry Cowley (Mayo, Independent)

I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to discuss a matter of major national and local importance, namely, the question of how the Government can justify the policing operation at the Corrib gas refinery project in Ballinaboy, County Mayo, which cost the taxpayer €3.14 million from 3 October 2006 to 25 January 2007. Shell, meanwhile, is today expected to announce record profits of just less than €1.5 million an hour. The Government is facilitating the exploitation of our natural resources for which we are receiving no recompense.

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