168. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the current status of the seven mineral prospecting licence applications in East Clare (details supplied); if his Department and the Geoscience Regulation Office have considered the deep environmental concerns of the local community regarding potential downstream chemical processing impacts; if he will explicitly address the contradiction between these applications and the Clare County Development Plan, which strictly prohibits the use of chemical substances like cyanide and sulfuric acid in mineral processing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62174/26]

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168. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the current status of the seven mineral prospecting licence applications in East Clare (details supplied); if his Department and the Geoscience Regulation Office have considered the deep environmental concerns of the local community regarding potential downstream chemical processing impacts; if he will explicitly address the contradiction between these applications and the Clare County Development Plan, which strictly prohibits the use of chemical substances like cyanide and sulfuric acid in mineral processing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62174/26]

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1. 7 September 2026

   Environmental Policy

   168. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the current status of the seven mineral prospecting licence applications in East Clare (details supplied); if his Department and the Geoscience Regulation Office have considered the deep environmental concerns of the local community regarding potential downstream chemical processing impacts; if he will explicitly address the contradiction between these applications and the Clare County Development Plan, which strictly prohibits the use of chemical substances like cyanide and sulfuric acid in mineral processing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62174/26]

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