Ireland's Natural Resources 2006
Opening Remarks
Gareth Earls (GSNI) - Sustainable Development and the Natural Resource Industries
Session 1 - Minerals
Dr John Teeling - Mining in Ireland is there a Future?
John Ashton (Boliden Tara Mines) - Exploration in Ireland - the Future?
Dr Ben Dhonau (EMD, Dept of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources) - Policy Developments in Mineral resource Legislation at Irish and EU Level
Terence P Johnston (GSNI) - Northern Ireland's Natural Resources
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Session 2 - Aggregates
Liam Smyth (Irish Concrete Federation) - Need for Aggregate Planning Policy
Gerry Sutton (CMRC, UCC) and Koen Verbruggen (GSI) - Ireland's Offshore Marine Aggregate Resource
Paul Caprani (An Bord Pleanala) - Recent trends in the Decisions of An Bord Pleanala in Relation to Quarries
Marie Ryan & Tom Barry (North Tipperary County Council) - Sustainable Natural Resource Development, Section 261 of the Planning and Development Act 2000
Session 3 - Water
Gerry Galvin (DEHLG) - Water Resources into the Future - Directive 2000/60/EC
Donal Daly (EPA), Matthew Craig (EPA), Taly Hunter Williams (GSI) and Henning Moe (CMD Ireland Ltd) - Monitoring Groundwater - A New Beginning
Teri Hayes (White Young Green) - Groundwater Development - Part of Irelands Sustainable Development
Eibhlin Doyle (GSI) - The Need for Up-To-date Regional Datasets
Session 4 - Hydrocarbons and Renewables
Noel Murphy (PAD, Dept of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources) - Ireland's Offshore Hydrocarbon Resources
Stephen Boldy (Lansdowne Oil & Gas Plc) - New Exploration Techniques in the Search for Hydrocarbons - Presentation not available
Graham Brennan (Sustainable Energy Ireland) - Renewable Energy in Ireland and Emerging Technologies
Closing Remarks
Peadar McArdle (GSI)