Revised Climate Bill to propose national ban on future fossil fuel extraction

The ban would make Ireland the fourth country in the world to introduce a definitive national ban through legislation on all fossil fuel exploration. Picture: Peter Byrne/PA Wire

A revised Climate Action Bill will go before the Cabinet today which will introduce into legislation a national ban on all oil and gas exploration and extraction.

Minister for the Environment and Climate Communications, Eamon Ryan, has drawn up the proposed changes which expands on the previous government’s ban on oil exploration to also include gas.