Natural Resources Policy

SUMMARY

  • Take all oil and gas resources into public ownership.
  • Introduce a new model of public hydrocarbon management.
  • Develop and fund an integrated industrial development strategy comprising upstream and downstream activities.
  • Use funds and infrastructure from oil and gas activities to diversify Ireland’s energy supply.
  • Design and implement a new system of consultation and planning for all energy activities based on the active engagement of all stakeholders.
  • Ban fracking and end the use of fossil fuels beyond currently issued licences.
  • End public subsidies for corporate wind farms; regulate and develop community appropriate farms that serve Irish society
  • Stop the privatisation of our forests