shell to sea petition to the people of Ireland and...
Published July 14, 2005
We the undersigned request the following:
That Shell E&P Ireland (SEPIL) cease all operations in Erris, both onshore and offshore, pending a full investigation into the Corrib gas project as a whole, particularly in terms of the health and safety of the local residents in Rossport and the surrounding areas, and that it be agreed to refine the gas at sea. Stop the criminalisation of Irish citizens now. This project must not proceed as currently proposed. It will form a dangerous precedent.
We call on the Irish Government to revisit the issue of the licensing of our natural resources to ensure that the Irish people will benefit from future finds of gas or oil off our coast.
Gaeilge:
Iarann muid ar Shell E&P Ireland (SEPIL) stop a chur leis an obair atá ar siúl acu in Iorras faoi láthair, ar thalamh agus amuigh ón gcósta, go dtí go mbíonn scrúdú iomlán déanta ar thionscnamh gáis na Coiribe ina iomláine, agus go mbeadh béim curtha san imscrúdú sin go háirithe ar shláinte agus ar shabháilteacht na ndaoine atá ina gcónaí i Ros Dumhach agus sa cheantar thart. Glan an gas ar an bhfarraige. Ní féidir leis an tionscnamh seo dul ar aghaidh mar atá molta faoi láthair. Fasach contúirteach a bheadh ann.
Impíonn muid ar Rialtas na hÉireann athscrúdú a dhéanamh ar mar a bhronntar ceadúnais ar chomhlachtaí ola agus gáis, ionas gur féidir a chinntiú go mbeidh buntáiste le fáil ag muintir na hÉireann as an saibhreas acmhainní nádúrtha atá amuigh ó chósta na tíre.