172. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that leakage of methane during fracking, processing and transport to here means that the Shannon LNG project, for which permission was extended by An Bord Pleanála in July 2018, will be more harmful to the climate than a new coal-fired power station; and the way in which this decision by An Bord Pleanála fits with Ireland’s urgent obligations to move away from harmful fossil fuels and towards renewable energy. [47561/18]

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172. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that leakage of methane during fracking, processing and transport to here means that the Shannon LNG project, for which permission was extended by An Bord Pleanála in July 2018, will be more harmful to the climate than a new coal-fired power station; and the way in which this decision by An Bord Pleanála fits with Ireland’s urgent obligations to move away from harmful fossil fuels and towards renewable energy. [47561/18]

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