The Senator's comments are a little strange and makes me wonder if, on hindsight, he had not abdicated his own responsibilities when he was a member of the Joint Committee on Climate Change and Energy Security. From the way he spoke in all of the Committee's debates and the way he is speaking now, he seems to sound more like a P.R. person for the Cayman-Island offshore company Hess LNG, which owns Shannon LNG than of a public representative objectively assessing Climate Change and Energy Security policy in Ireland. For those who don't know, Liquefied Natural Gas is still a fossil fuel. The Commission for Energy Regulation is an Independent Statutory Body set up to independently assess the complex issues surrounding gas pricing in Ireland. Anyone who actually takes the time to study the detailed proposed decision by the regulator and supporting documentation would not be so quick to reduce their replies to sound bites or to simply ignore the reasons for the tariffs in the first place. It is very worrying that Senator O'Sullivan only ever presents one side of the argument. Shannon LNG is not a political party to which the Senator belongs, or is it? It would be better, as he must know from his days as a school teacher and in his clothes shop in Listowel before he closed it down, that it is always good to present both sides of an argument which allows the listener make an informed decision. Otherwise it is just brainwashing. The entire consultation documents may be viewed on http://www.cer.ie/en/gas-transmission-network-current-consul...
John McElligott (Safety Before LNG)
Posted on 22 Feb 2012 4:07 pm
The Senator's comments are a little strange and makes me wonder if, on hindsight, he had not abdicated his own responsibilities when he was a member of the Joint Committee on Climate Change and Energy Security. From the way he spoke in all of the Committee's debates and the way he is speaking now, he seems to sound more like a P.R. person for the Cayman-Island offshore company Hess LNG, which owns Shannon LNG than of a public representative objectively assessing Climate Change and Energy Security policy in Ireland. For those who don't know, Liquefied Natural Gas is still a fossil fuel. The Commission for Energy Regulation is an Independent Statutory Body set up to independently assess the complex issues surrounding gas pricing in Ireland. Anyone who actually takes the time to study the detailed proposed decision by the regulator and supporting documentation would not be so quick to reduce their replies to sound bites or to simply ignore the reasons for the tariffs in the first place. It is very worrying that Senator O'Sullivan only ever presents one side of the argument. Shannon LNG is not a political party to which the Senator belongs, or is it? It would be better, as he must know from his days as a school teacher and in his clothes shop in Listowel before he closed it down, that it is always good to present both sides of an argument which allows the listener make an informed decision. Otherwise it is just brainwashing. The entire consultation documents may be viewed on http://www.cer.ie/en/gas-transmission-network-current-consul...