775. Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government in relation to EU Directive 2011/70/EURATOM (Nuclear Waste), if his attention has been drawn to the fact that this legislation will allow for the importation of nuclear waste into the Republic of Ireland by private operators, the role of government being diminished to that of independent licensing authority; his views on whether the RPII, whose responsibility it is to advise Government on the Directive, is impartial , in view of it's links to a person (details supplied), the Irish representative to the Scientific and Technical Committee of Euratom, the Committee responsible for the Directive, and an ex-CEO of the RPII, who is a self-professed member of the the pro-nuclear lobby group BENE; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that past expert advice from within the nuclear industry has shown that nuclear waste cannot be isolated in the geological environment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34667/13]

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775. Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government in relation to EU Directive 2011/70/EURATOM (Nuclear Waste), if his attention has been drawn to the fact that this legislation will allow for the importation of nuclear waste into the Republic of Ireland by private operators, the role of government being diminished to that of independent licensing authority; his views on whether the RPII, whose responsibility it is to advise Government on the Directive, is impartial , in view of it's links to a person (details supplied), the Irish representative to the Scientific and Technical Committee of Euratom, the Committee responsible for the Directive, and an ex-CEO of the RPII, who is a self-professed member of the the pro-nuclear lobby group BENE; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that past expert advice from within the nuclear industry has shown that nuclear waste cannot be isolated in the geological environment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34667/13]

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