Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I believe it is possible for us - if we require a facility - to set conditions in a State-led facility for security only, that it would only be non-fracked gas that would be held. That is possible as one of the conditions that a State-led facility might be set out. There is no Trojan horse here. People have completely misunderstood that amendment. It was purely technical in nature. It had been a long time coming in making sure that as we change the foreshore licensing system towards a new planning system that there would not be discrepancies between onshore and offshore facilities. The amendment was purely technical in nature, to make sure that all the various elements of existing legislation aligned. It gave no signal whatsoever - or should not have been seen as a signal in any way - that we are changing policy in terms of the switch back towards a commercial LNG facility. That is absolutely clear. We stick with the statement set out in November 2023 that any facility could only be temporary, security and State-led and could not breach our climate limits. All those conditions set out in the energy security paper in November 2023 still stand.

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