We thank the deputy for his concern that communities are protected from harm, his acceptance that, regarding a major gas infrastructure,
"the concerns of the local community were ignored and the pipeline forced on the locality. They have been vindicated on the specific issue of the safety of the pipeline in proximity to their homes".
We would be grateful if it could also be noted that the CER will still not assess the safety of major projects, such as the the 500 million Euro Shannon LNG Terminal (which will become the most sizeable hazard in Ireland) until after the projects are completed, but before they become operational (see http://www.safetybeforelng.ie/licensing/cerpipeline.htm ).
This therefore leaves the safety assessments of major infrastructure projects open to manipulation and we would encourage a clause in the bill that would ensure that all safety assessments are done at the planning stage and before any construction begins.
John McElligott (Safety Before LNG)
Posted on 16 Apr 2010 12:24 pm
We thank the deputy for his concern that communities are protected from harm, his acceptance that, regarding a major gas infrastructure,
"the concerns of the local community were ignored and the pipeline forced on the locality. They have been vindicated on the specific issue of the safety of the pipeline in proximity to their homes".
We would be grateful if it could also be noted that the CER will still not assess the safety of major projects, such as the the 500 million Euro Shannon LNG Terminal (which will become the most sizeable hazard in Ireland) until after the projects are completed, but before they become operational (see http://www.safetybeforelng.ie/licensing/cerpipeline.htm ).
This therefore leaves the safety assessments of major infrastructure projects open to manipulation and we would encourage a clause in the bill that would ensure that all safety assessments are done at the planning stage and before any construction begins.
To see the full 'Safety Before LNG' submission to this bill please visit http://www.safetybeforelng.ie/lawandpolicy/petroleumsafetybi...