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

It is a good day that we have at least agreed that we have to ban onshore fracking. As all speakers said, Deputy Tony McLoughlin deserves commendation for that. Various community groups, such as Love Leitrim, and other environmental and community groups which campaigned against fracking deserve great credit for forcing all of us to address this issue and recognise the concerns and dangers of it, to educate ourselves about fracking and reach this point where we can make an historic decision not to allow it on the onshore. However, I am concerned about the offshore aspect of the debate. I am sure people are aware of the impact of offshore fracking, regardless of the Bill I introduced or Deputy McLoughlin's Bill.

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