403 Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to a shipment of plutonium dioxide currently being transported from the Sellafield nuclear complex to Cherbourg in France; if he will confirm that such a shipment will pass down the Irish Sea on route to France; if so, if his further attention has been drawn to the dangers posed by this transport; if he will further confirm that the Coast Guard has been asked to take special precautions regarding the shipments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15116/08]

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403 Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to a shipment of plutonium dioxide currently being transported from the Sellafield nuclear complex to Cherbourg in France; if he will confirm that such a shipment will pass down the Irish Sea on route to France; if so, if his further attention has been drawn to the dangers posed by this transport; if he will further confirm that the Coast Guard has been asked to take special precautions regarding the shipments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15116/08]

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