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

Amec Foster Wheeler is a member of a pro-fracking coalition. It has a hopeless conflict of interest, as has CDM Smith given it is a former member of that coalition and its primary business is with large oil and gas companies. How can the Minister of State seriously suggest they can give independent assistance in looking into this issue? Is it not beyond question that fracking, which will produce more gas, will contribute to global warming? Why would we not just stop it now?

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