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New oil and gas exploration is to be outlawed under legislation being brought to Cabinet today.
A ban is already in place as part of government policy but putting it into law rules out a possible u-turn by future administrations.
Minister for Climate Action Eamon Ryan will seek approval from his Cabinet colleagues to insert the ban in the new Climate Bill currently being finalised.
It is a significant step in the move to end the use of fossil fuels. While a growing number of countries have announced bans on future exploration, few have cemented their intentions in law.
In September 2019, then Taoiseach Leo Varadkar announced at the UN that all future oil exploration would cease but this was not put into legislation.