Dáil progresses offshore drilling ban bill

Proposed legislation targeting a ban on companies drilling for oil and gas in Irish waters has progressed in the Dáil.

People Before Profit's Climate Emergency Measures bill has won the support to go before the select committee on climate change and the environment. The motion was initially passed last year but has been in procedural limbo for some months at Joint Oireachtas committee stage, where a number of senators helped block its progress.