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Topical Issues: Job Creation (24 Feb 2015)

Martin Ferris: ...with a 4.5% increase in unemployment. That is quite startling. I am told that the live register rose again in January. The Minister will be aware of the hope and expectation surrounding the LNG project for north Kerry, which has been going on for seven or eight years. There is still no light at the end of the tunnel as to whether it will be realised and I understand the matter is...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Energy Resources (24 Jun 2014)

Martin Ferris: 331. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his Department is considering an alternative energy supply for the north Kerry area outside of the LNG project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26635/14]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Energy Resources (24 Jun 2014)

Martin Ferris: 332. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his Department has entered negotiations with Shannon LNG and the energy regulator regarding advancing the LNG project in north Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26636/14]

Written Answers — Energy Resources: Energy Resources (19 Jul 2012)

Martin Ferris: Question 439: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the LNG project at Shannon. [36896/12]

Electricity Regulation (Carbon Revenue Levy) (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second and Subsequent Stages (24 May 2012)

Martin Ferris: ...the winter but it must be borne in mind that people are suffering. Elderly people who depend on oil heating are suffering greatly as a consequence of rising prices. I raise a final issue, that of LNG in Tarbert, County Kerry, a project that has been limping along for some considerable time. I respect that the Minister has given us several briefings on the matter in both the Topical...

Offshore Exploration (7 Mar 2012)

Martin Ferris: Question 2: To ask the Minister for Communications; Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the proposed LNG project. [13109/12]

Offshore Exploration (7 Mar 2012)

Martin Ferris: ...the project going ahead cannot be overstated. Communication seems to be a problem, which I cannot understand, given that on 21 December the Taoiseach said he would set up a meeting between Shannon LNG, the regulator and the Department. If we cannot get all of the stakeholders around the table, this issue will not be resolved.

Offshore Exploration (7 Mar 2012)

Martin Ferris: I attended a meeting last Thursday morning which included a briefing session that involved the regulator. In answer to a question from the floor from one of the groups supporting the Shannon LNG project about who was responsible for policy, the regulator said he was. I assume policy is determined by elected representatives, not the regulator. Is it possible in the short term to facilitate...

Offshore Exploration (7 Mar 2012)

Martin Ferris: ...a meeting. If it happened, it would clear the muddy waters and people would be clearer. Will he pull the stakeholders together and initiate a meeting between the CER, the Department and Shannon LNG to resolve the issue?

Shannon LNG Project (22 Feb 2012)

Martin Ferris: ...be created thereafter. Last Friday the Commission for Energy Regulation, CER, published a draft recommendation on tariffs for gas interconnectors which would apply to companies such as Shannon LNG which states it will not use them. A public consultation process is ongoing and at last Monday's meeting of Kerry County Council Mr. Paddy Power of Shannon LNG told the council that the move...

Order of Business (22 Feb 2012)

Martin Ferris: As the Taoiseach is aware the LNG project for the north Kerry-Ballylongford-Tarbert area is on hold-----

Written Answers — Gas Exploration: Gas Exploration (18 Jan 2012)

Martin Ferris: Question 134: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will report on his recent meeting on the LNG project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2942/12]

Energy Projects (29 Nov 2011)

Martin Ferris: Question 49: To ask the Minister for Communications; Energy and Natural Resources his views on the continued delay to the LNG Project in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37697/11]

Energy Projects (29 Nov 2011)

Martin Ferris: The importance of LNG for north Kerry and west Limerick cannot be emphasised enough. We are concerned with as many as 450 jobs to start it up. Reports, true or otherwise, have been consistently circulating in the area that Hess LNG is on the brink of pulling out because of the possible €10 million tariff per year to use the national gas pipe network. The regulator has told Shannon LNG...

Foreshore Licences (29 Jun 2010)

Martin Ferris: The Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government confirmed on 22 April this year that it had given preliminary approval for a foreshore licence for an LNG project in Tarbert, County Kerry, the application for which was made two years prior to that. The project was unveiled in 2006. It was held up during that period primarily by objections despite the fact that it was one of...

Job Losses. (19 Feb 2009)

Martin Ferris: ...a substantial injection of money into the local economy and will provide 500 jobs during the construction stage and up to 1,000 jobs in the longer term. I also welcome the approval of the Shannon LNG project on the Ballylongford-Tarbert landbank which, if given clearance, will create more than 600 jobs in the north Kerry region. This area was one of the hardest hit by people being laid...