14 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Communications; Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the fact that his Department has instructed the Environmental Protection Agency to carry out research into the natural gas extraction process hydraulic fracking, which included consultation with the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, on this method; his views that the university’s research will be impartial in view of the fact that this university is the hub of the oil and gas industry for the North Sea and also receives generous funding from this same industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2578/12]

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14 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Communications; Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the fact that his Department has instructed the Environmental Protection Agency to carry out research into the natural gas extraction process hydraulic fracking, which included consultation with the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, on this method; his views that the university’s research will be impartial in view of the fact that this university is the hub of the oil and gas industry for the North Sea and also receives generous funding from this same industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2578/12]

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