Dáil debates

Tuesday, 14 May 2013

Report on Offshore Oil and Gas Exploration: Statements

 

8:30 pm

Photo of Richard Boyd BarrettRichard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

That is stated in the Providence report. If there is any journalist watching, I challenge him or her to go and read Providence's submission on its application to drill for gas and oil off Dublin Bay. That is the reality, as much as the Minister wants to deny it. They are under no obligation whatsoever. There is no regime currently over community gain or any arrest of it.

Deputy Pringle stated I could go on for a couple more minutes.

The alternative is the Norwegian model. They had a situation-----

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