Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I want to be very clear. This amendment is to ensure that if there is a massive energy crisis, we would have storage facilities for LNG if required. I am talking about a massive energy crisis. It has nothing to do with fracking. This Government is opposed to fracking. My former colleague, Tony McLoughlin, brought forward a Bill to ban fracking. This is planning for all eventualities. The planning Bill will help the realisation of offshore and green energy to progress. The big focus is on renewable energy, particularly offshore energy, not LNG and certainly not fracking. The Bill will speed up the process of producing more green energy.

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