Amendment No. 2 makes it absolutely clear that the strategic emergency gas reserve is exactly that: an emergency reserve. I move amendment No. 3: In page 8, after line 39, to insert the following: " "hydraulically fractured gas" means liquefied natural gas, or natural gas in any other form, that has been produced, in whole or in part, by means of hydraulic fracturing within the meaning of section 5A of the Petroleum and Other Minerals Development Act 1960;".
A definition of fracked gas or hydraulically fractured gas is required to accompany a reiteration of the ban that was introduced on fracked gas and which is necessary to protect our environment.
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Tellers: Tá, Senators Nessa Cosgrove and Alice-Mary Higgins; Níl, Senators Cathal Byrne and Pat Casey.
| Question | Result | Tá–Níl |
|---|---|---|
| Question put: "That the Order of Business be agreed to." | Carried | 18–11 |
| Amendment put: | Lost | 6–29 |
| Question put: | Carried | 27–10 |
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