Politicans pledging their support to
ban fracking
Leitrim
Observer
By Leitrim Observer Reporter
27 May 2017
After six years of lobbying, presentations,
demonstrating, petitions and publicity events, campaigners against fracking in
Ireland last Wednesday had succeeded in getting a private members Bill put
through to the final stage of process in the Dáil to get a Ban on Fracking on
Irish soil.
But what was initially a confident crowd in the Dáil
visitors chamber turned into a confused, disheartened group as Richard Boyd
Barrett, a vociferous opponent of fracking, agreed the adjournment of the
debate on the Anti-fracking Bill
“This was to be the day that Ireland would be seen
globally as a voice against the continuation of destruction of the environment
and climate by the fossil fuel industry,” said Aedín McLoughlin from GEAI. “It also was to be a demonstration of the
strong democracy we have in this country and the strength of the people’s
voice, especially when backed by reason and facts.”
“We were told that there would be no opposition and
that the Bill would be passed on Wednesday,” she continued. “Then, as the debate progressed, it became
clear that some deputies felt that the issue of off-shore extraction of oil and
gas also had to be discussed, although off-shore is much more complex and
cannot be dealt with simply, and the Anti-fracking Bill only deals with
on-shore extraction. Amendments to the
Bill were on the table and the deputies involved, all speaking against
fracking, insisted on their right to propose these. Unfortunately, this meant that the Dáil
session ran out of time and had to be adjourned. So our expectations were dashed.”….
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