Members of the Dáil select committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment passed the bill banning oil and gas extraction through fracking in Ireland on Tuesday night.
Suckler farmer Tommy Earley shows the shale rock found on his farm and similar to that targeted in fracking gas extraction.
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The latest version of the text states: “It shall not be lawful for a person to search for, get, raise, take, carry away or work petroleum by means of hydraulic fracturing,” a controversial method using high-pressure water and chemicals to break underground rock and extract oil or gas.
The vote follows a report by the wider Oireachtas Joint Committee last month supporting the bill.
Fine Gael Sligo-Leitrim TD Tony McLoughlin, who introduced the proposed legislation, described the latest step as “a ground-breaking moment in Irish politics”. “Private members’ bills rarely, if ever, make it to the committee stage for the legislative process,” he said.
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Shale gas is known to be present in his constituency, but many residents there, including farmers, oppose fracking because of its potential environmental risks.
Listen to the views of Co Roscommon beef farmer Tommy Earley in our podcast below:
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Title: Oireachtas committee passes fracking bill
Members of the Dáil select committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment passed the bill banning oil and gas extraction through fracking in Ireland on Tuesday night.
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The latest version of the text states: “It shall not be lawful for a person to search for, get, raise, take, carry away or work petroleum by means of hydraulic fracturing,” a controversial method using high-pressure water and chemicals to break underground rock and extract oil or gas.
The vote follows a report by the wider Oireachtas Joint Committee last month supporting the bill.
Fine Gael Sligo-Leitrim TD Tony McLoughlin, who introduced the proposed legislation, described the latest step as “a ground-breaking moment in Irish politics”. “Private members’ bills rarely, if ever, make it to the committee stage for the legislative process,” he said.
Shale gas is known to be present in his constituency, but many residents there, including farmers, oppose fracking because of its potential environmental risks.
Listen to the views of Co Roscommon beef farmer Tommy Earley in our podcast below:
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