Marian Harkin (Sligo-Leitrim, Independent) | Oireachtas source

On page 36 of the programme for Government, it states:

As Ireland moves towards carbon neutrality, we do not believe that it makes sense to develop LNG gas import terminals importing fracked gas. ... We do not support the importation of fracked gas ...

Yet the Government has done a U-turn with the amendments to the planning Bill, which means we will end up importing large quantities of fracked gas to feed either an onshore or offshore LNG terminal.

The Taoiseach’s Government must take responsibility for the negative health impacts on those communities, mainly in the US, from which we will import fracked gas and, crucially, for the upstream methane emissions that will accelerate climate change. My question for the Taoiseach is very simple: will he keep his promise during his last days as Taoiseach of the Thirty-third Dáil to reinstate the ban on all LNG terminals and the importation of fracked gas?

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