Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Individual applications are matters for the planning authorities.

On the wider issue of whether LNG could contribute to energy security, there is no doubt that as we move away from and close down peat and coal production, security of supply of gas will become an issue. LNG is one of the options put forward to deal with energy security. Having access to LNG supplies also has support within the EU as an item of strategic potential. This issue is primarily for the planning authorities but the principle of LNG has a role in energy policy.

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