Comments for Sligo Leitrim Roscommon Green Party http://www.garrethmcdaid.com Sat, 19 May 2012 17:28:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 Comment on Facts: how and when the fracking license options were issued by info http://www.garrethmcdaid.com/2011/09/09/facts-how-and-when-the-fracking-license-options-were-issued/comment-page-1/#comment-7151 info Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:12:40 +0000 http://www.garrethmcdaid.com/?p=316#comment-7151 There weren't any technologies on the table. As late as Apr 2011, Sinn Fein tabled a motion in the Dail calling for exploration in the Lough Allen Basin to go ahead. The prospect of hydraulic fracking only became apparent in the last 12 months. The first time it was publicly debated in the area was when Green Party rep Johnny Gogan arranged a screening of Gasland in Drumshanbo. There weren’t any technologies on the table. As late as Apr 2011, Sinn Fein tabled a motion in the Dail calling for exploration in the Lough Allen Basin to go ahead. The prospect of hydraulic fracking only became apparent in the last 12 months. The first time it was publicly debated in the area was when Green Party rep Johnny Gogan arranged a screening of Gasland in Drumshanbo.

]]> Comment on Facts: how and when the fracking license options were issued by Charlie Williams http://www.garrethmcdaid.com/2011/09/09/facts-how-and-when-the-fracking-license-options-were-issued/comment-page-1/#comment-7011 Charlie Williams Sat, 21 Jan 2012 16:48:04 +0000 http://www.garrethmcdaid.com/?p=316#comment-7011 How informed is a minister Eamon Ryan if he thinks that there was "no indication that hydraulic fracking would be proposed as the extraction technology"? What other technologies were on the table? How informed is a minister Eamon Ryan if he thinks that there was “no indication that hydraulic fracking would be proposed as the extraction technology”?

What other technologies were on the table?

]]> Comment on Facts: how and when the fracking license options were issued by info http://www.garrethmcdaid.com/2011/09/09/facts-how-and-when-the-fracking-license-options-were-issued/comment-page-1/#comment-6980 info Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:51:01 +0000 http://www.garrethmcdaid.com/?p=316#comment-6980 Yes, invitations to tender were invited in March 2010, by Conor Lenihan. The fact that an invitation to tender was made does not mean that licensing options had to be granted. At the time the invitation was made, there was no indication that hydraulic fracking would be proposed as the extraction technology. Yes, invitations to tender were invited in March 2010, by Conor Lenihan. The fact that an invitation to tender was made does not mean that licensing options had to be granted. At the time the invitation was made, there was no indication that hydraulic fracking would be proposed as the extraction technology.

]]> Comment on Facts: how and when the fracking license options were issued by Charlie Williams http://www.garrethmcdaid.com/2011/09/09/facts-how-and-when-the-fracking-license-options-were-issued/comment-page-1/#comment-6334 Charlie Williams Fri, 16 Dec 2011 20:40:46 +0000 http://www.garrethmcdaid.com/?p=316#comment-6334 Hmm. How about that => Onshore Licencing Options (http://www.dcenr.gov.ie/Press+Releases/2010/Onshore+Licencing+Options.htm)? Dublin 26th March 2010 Eamon Ryan was minister at that time. Hmm. How about that => Onshore Licencing Options (http://www.dcenr.gov.ie/Press+Releases/2010/Onshore+Licencing+Options.htm)?

Dublin 26th March 2010

Eamon Ryan was minister at that time.

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