The review is to be completed in time for a summer launch to Ireland’s next offshore licensing round.
Energy minister Pat Rabbitte said that “Ireland’s offshore, whilst holding great promise is relatively under-explored with only four commercial gas finds and no commercial oil finds to date”.
Rabbitte said that the Scottish-based consultants had been “asked to focus their advice on what level of fiscal gain is achievable for the State and its citizens and the best way to achieve such gain”.
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