Sinn Féin has slammed the Environment Protection Agency's (EPA) interim report on fracking and claims it is an "insult" to the Transport and Communications Committee.

The party's spokesperson on Energy and Natural Resources, Deputy Michael Colreavy, is calling on the EPA to appear before the Committee.

Deputy Colreavy said: "The interim report is simply bluffing off the minister, elected officials and members of the public as to what progress is really being made.

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"Fracking is a potentially very dangerous procedure that could destroy the water supply, the agriculture and tourism industries in the Lough Allen Basin. Therefore, the EPA need to be thorough and detailed in their investigation.

"I am making a request that the EPA come before the Transport and Communications Committee to give a proper and comprehensive account of the work that they have carried out so far, and of the work that they intend to do over the next number of months."

(CD/JP)