The Minister for the Marine & Natural Resources, Noel Dempsey, has dismissed the latest move by the 'Shell to Sea' campaign group to try to resolve the Corrib Gas dispute.
He said there appeared to be nothing new in their proposals as they looked at areas which has already been examined by Independent bodies and individuals.
The campaign group is opposing the construction of an onshore terminal and the route of a controversial onshore pipeline.
The group has called for the establishment of an independent Commission of Inquiry to bring all sides in the dispute together to try to find what it describes as 'the optimum development concept' for the Corrib Gas project.
It says it should be composed of members acceptable to all sides in the dispute; should hold public hearings and should make recommendations regarding the optimum development of the project.
The document makes no specific recommendations in relation to resolving the central issues of the onshore terminal or the route of the pipeline.
Today, the dispute over the terminal continued with another protest march at Bellanaboy.
It was attended by three Labour Party TDs, who also called for action to end the deadlock.
Shell Ireland has also rejected suggestions that it should relocate the terminal.
It said the terminal had been through a rigorous three-and-a-half-year planning process and any talk of moving it now was unrealistic.
The company had said it was committed to modifying the onshore pipeline route and had indicated that landowner agreement and community acceptance were key elements of this route selection process.
