Results 41-48 of 48 for epa speaker:Michael Colreavy

Other Questions: Hydraulic Fracturing Policy (24 Oct 2013)

Michael Colreavy: Will the EPA talk to these people?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Hydraulic Fracturing Policy (24 Oct 2013)

Michael Colreavy: ...Government agencies were on the side of big business in each step taken with regard to hydraulic fracturing. I was glad to hear the Minister of State indicate the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, will take into account the possibility of flash flooding and of storms when considering this application. However, I ask further that the EPA and the Minister of State himself meet and...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Hydraulic Fracturing Policy (24 Oct 2013)

Michael Colreavy: ...is an independent, not an industry-based, study, into the real economics of hydraulic fracturing? Will such an independent study feed into the eventual decision over and above the report from the EPA? There are real fears in some jurisdictions that where negotiations have yielded some financial payback to governments, it is offset by the additional costs involved therein. There are real...

Other Questions: Hydraulic Fracturing Policy (17 Jul 2013)

Michael Colreavy: I wrote to the EPA on this when the terms of reference were published. I am not at all happy adequate socio-economic impact analysis has been done on hydraulic fracturing, including on the impact on the tourism and agrifood industries. Last year, the Minister, Deputy Deenihan, very graciously came to us in north Leitrim and we went up Boleybrack Mountain to see a red grouse management...

Other Questions: Hydraulic Fracturing Policy (11 Jun 2013)

Michael Colreavy: ...and systems of regulation. When the Taoiseach was in Pennsylvania, he spoke in glowing terms about the shale gas effort there. I presume in Pennsylvania that there is the US equivalent of the EPA which undertook reports and so on before the work was done. The Department of Environmental Protection in Pennsylvania wrote a letter to many people in this regard. The letter stated that there...

Good Friday Agreement: Motion [Private Members] (14 May 2013)

Michael Colreavy: ...; and to people the length and breadth of Ireland whose public services are being dismantled in the name of austerity? One of the biggest impacts of partition on this part of the country was the separation of the industrial North from the rest of the country. This resulted in the South being underdeveloped in terms of infrastructure, and it ended up with a lagging economy for many years,...

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

Michael Colreavy: ...whereby land is acquired for the drilling process. How will that happen? There are at least seven issues of concern regarding the process of hydraulic fracturing which will not be covered by the EPA report. These issues will have to be assessed and addressed. The fracking process involves pumping large volumes of water, chemicals and sand into the ground in the hope of creating...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Hydraulic Fracturing: Discussion (10 Oct 2012)

Michael Colreavy: Can hydraulic fracking be permitted under an exploration licence, notwithstanding the role of the EPA in approving or not approving the licence? Is it within the gift of the Minister or Department or whoever grants an exploration licence to say to companies they can carry out hydraulic fracking in order to test the safety of the process?