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Report on Offshore Oil and Gas Exploration: Statements (14 May 2013)

Pat Rabbitte: I am not rubbishing it. I stated that the recommendation did not logically flow from the report's content.

Report on Offshore Oil and Gas Exploration: Statements (14 May 2013)

Pat Rabbitte: It was I who asked that the report be debated in the House. No member of the committee sought to have the report debated since its publication. I asked that it would be debated. I asked the Chief Whip to make time available and I appreciate that he did so.

Report on Offshore Oil and Gas Exploration: Statements (14 May 2013)

Pat Rabbitte: The projections are entirely unproven.

Report on Offshore Oil and Gas Exploration: Statements (14 May 2013)

Pat Rabbitte: The report makes plain that the estimated resources are unproven.

Report on Offshore Oil and Gas Exploration: Statements (14 May 2013)

Pat Rabbitte: They have oil. They found oil. We did not.

Report on Offshore Oil and Gas Exploration: Statements (14 May 2013)

Pat Rabbitte: Did Deputy Colreavy put a tax rate in his Bill?

Report on Offshore Oil and Gas Exploration: Statements (14 May 2013)

Pat Rabbitte: There is no obligation for Statoil in Norway either.

Report on Offshore Oil and Gas Exploration: Statements (14 May 2013)

Pat Rabbitte: And it can sell oil into the market.

Report on Offshore Oil and Gas Exploration: Statements (14 May 2013)

Pat Rabbitte: Deputy Boyd Barrett's imagination is running away with him.

Report on Offshore Oil and Gas Exploration: Statements (14 May 2013)

Pat Rabbitte: The alternative is the unique geology of Norway.

Report on Offshore Oil and Gas Exploration: Statements (14 May 2013)

Pat Rabbitte: The unique geology of Norway is what makes the difference.

Report on Offshore Oil and Gas Exploration: Statements (14 May 2013)

Pat Rabbitte: I wonder why they are not in on ours finding oil then.

Report on Offshore Oil and Gas Exploration: Statements (14 May 2013)

Pat Rabbitte: Why are they leaving the oil there then?

Report on Offshore Oil and Gas Exploration: Statements (14 May 2013)

Pat Rabbitte: Deputy Boyd Barrett stated that they had been getting it on their terms.

Report on Offshore Oil and Gas Exploration: Statements (14 May 2013)

Pat Rabbitte: Deputy Boyd Barrett said they have been getting it on their terms. Why are they not here?

Report on Offshore Oil and Gas Exploration: Statements (14 May 2013)

Pat Rabbitte: Why do we not have a forest of explorers?

Report on Offshore Oil and Gas Exploration: Statements (14 May 2013)

Pat Rabbitte: I am sorry, I will not do it again.

Report on Offshore Oil and Gas Exploration: Statements (14 May 2013)

Pat Rabbitte: It is in the ground.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Fisheries Protection (14 May 2013)

Pat Rabbitte: In 2006 following a Government decision to align with the scientific advice, indiscriminate mixed stock salmon fishing at sea was ceased. Expert scientific advice available showed that the marine survival of salmon in the North Atlantic has decreased significantly in the previous decades. It was in this context and to afford every protection to the remaining stocks that the decision to...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Licence Applications (14 May 2013)

Pat Rabbitte: The yearly allocation of public licences for commercial draft nets is governed by the provisions of the relevant Control of Fishing for Salmon Order. The process identifies a number of categories of applicant depending on, inter alia, the applicant's previous fishing history. The issuing of licences is administered by Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) and decisions will be made in advance of...