Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

However, there are plenty of experts who will say that what is on display in that particular horror movie is no longer up to speed in terms of the technology.

I am not a scientist and I do not have to make this decision. The reason we create agencies, like the Environmental Protection Agency, is that we, as policymakers, have expert advice available to us from people who are qualified to make these judgments. I share any concern there is about damage to the water tables in Ireland or to public health but I repeat again, because apparently there is a necessity to do so, that there is no fracking going on in Ireland.

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