Eamon Ryan (Dublin South, Green Party)
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Question 180: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when he will transfer responsibility for national monitoring of the Corrib project to the Commission for Energy Regulation; the details of the new monitoring function; the role the project monitoring committee and the environmental monitoring group will play. [5352/07]

Noel Dempsey (Meath, Fianna Fail)
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I can inform the Deputy that legislation is currently in preparation in my Department to confer statutory responsibility on the Commission for Energy Regulation for the safety of petroleum exploration and production. The Commission's proposed new function will relate purely to safety. In relation to the Corrib Project, the roles of the Corrib Project Monitoring Committee and Environmental Monitoring Group will not be affected. The role of the Corrib Project Monitoring Committee is to monitor issues relating to the planning approval given for the terminal. The Environmental Monitoring Group has responsibility for monitoring the environmental aspects of the development.