We should reclaim our fuel resources

FOSSIL fuel exploration, refinement and use causes ecological destruction and supports our most dangerous and anti-social modes of transport.

The policy of building more roads instead of refurbishing our disused train lines will ensure our over-dependence on fossil fuels for decades to come.

If we are going to rely on our own fossil fuel resources, the very least we can do is reclaim ownership of them. Under current terms, oil and gas reserves in Irish territory are 100% owned by the oil companies that find them. There is no State participation and no royalties are due to it.