587 Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government in relation to the proposed process of hydraulic fracking exploration under the directive 2000/60/EC, if he will make it mandatory for exploration companies to publicly disclose the chemicals used in advance of any approval of exploration activities being done; if he will extend the minimum number of pollutants, in accordance with directive 2000/60/EC, and reduce their associated threshold values for material used in hydraulic fracking that are known to have a detrimental effect on environment and human health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26732/12]

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587 Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government in relation to the proposed process of hydraulic fracking exploration under the directive 2000/60/EC, if he will make it mandatory for exploration companies to publicly disclose the chemicals used in advance of any approval of exploration activities being done; if he will extend the minimum number of pollutants, in accordance with directive 2000/60/EC, and reduce their associated threshold values for material used in hydraulic fracking that are known to have a detrimental effect on environment and human health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26732/12]

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