Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

For the sake of absolute clarity, the EPA will study many different countries, as the Deputy knows, including two European countries, at least one in which there has been a ban on hydraulic fracturing. It will assimilate all the evidence available. There is no issue about establishing facts and this involves only facts, not hearsay or what one might see on a television programme. It is a study of science. That is what we are about.

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