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Question· writtenPQ 90asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2005
97 Mr. J. O’Keeffe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the implications for Ireland following recent comments by the British Prime Minister, Mr. Tony Blair, on the future of the nuclear industry in the UK; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 89asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2005
88 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the Government’s plans to mount a campaign against the provision of new nuclear plants in the UK by the British Government.
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Question· writtenPQ 88asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2005
82 Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on comments by the former British Labour Energy Minister, Mr. Brian Wilson, that he hoped the British Government would give a clear steer in favour of nuclear power stations; and if he has contacted his British counterpart to raise concerns at the implications for Ireland of an expansion of the British nuclear industry.
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Question· writtenPQ 87asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2005
72 Mr. Ferris asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the discussion he has had with his British counterparts regarding indications that the British Prime Minister, Mr. Tony Blair, is actively considering expanding Britain’s nuclear industry and building new nuclear reactors.
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Question· writtenPQ 82asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2005
68 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the international legal action taken by the Government with a view to securing the closure of the Sellafield nuclear reprocessing plant; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· oralPQ 10asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2005
107 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to the assurances he received at his meeting with UK Secretary of State, Mr. Alan Johnson MP, on 19 October 2005, his views on whether the Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland should be given the fullest information on the assessment of the threat of a terrorist attack at Sellafield and other UK nuclear installations; and the way in which he intends to progress same.
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Question· oralPQ 9asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2005
15 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the UK Secretary of State, Mr. Alan Johnson MP, indicated at their meeting on 19 October 2005 when the review of the THORP plant, following the serious incident in April 2005, will be completed.
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Question· oralPQ 8asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2005
8 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he raised the privatisation of UK nuclear installations, including installations not being decommissioned, with Mr. Alan Johnson MP, UK Secretary of State, when he met him in October 2005.
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Question· writtenPQ 356asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 November 2005
430 Mr. Curran asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he has taken to date in 2005 to have the Sellafield nuclear plant closed, in particular if the case under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea is progressing; and if so, the timeframe for same.
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Question· writtenPQ 126asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 October 2005
189 Mr. Deenihan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has made representations in relation to the danger posed by building B30 at Sellafield; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 67asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 October 2005
133 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the volumes of highly active liquid waste being held in Sellafield awaiting vitrification; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 32asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 October 2005
177 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will report on his meeting with the British Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, Mr. Alan Johnson; if he made him aware of the views of the Irish people at the undetected leak for nine months of 83,000 litres of radioactive material containing 20 tonnes of uranium and plutonium; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 31asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 October 2005
124 Mr. O’Dowd asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on his recent meeting with the British Government regarding Sellafield.
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Question· writtenPQ 30asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 October 2005
108 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will report to Dáil Éireann on the meeting which he held with the British Secretary of State for Trade and Industry on 19 October 2005; the discussion he had in relation to Sellafield and if any agreements were reached that will further the campaign to bring about the closure of Sellafield.
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Question· writtenPQ 22asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 October 2005
105 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on plans to privatise a number of nuclear installations in the United Kingdom; his further views on whether, as bad as safety at nuclear installations in the United Kingdom is under a state company, they will only worsen if privatised; his views on the privatisation plans of his United Kingdom counterpart; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 346asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 October 2005
425 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the role his Department has played in setting up the energy research funding within the next European Union seventh framework research programme; and if a national Government will argue for a greater level of funding to be directed to renewable energy research projects in comparison with nuclear power research.
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Question· writtenPQ 46asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 June 2005
90 Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the Government’s efforts to bring about the closure of Sellafield.
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Question· writtenPQ 45asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 June 2005
43 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the international legal action taken by the Government with a view to securing the closure of the Sellafield nuclear reprocessing plant; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 30asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 June 2005
108 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the latest information available to his Department on the origins and extent of the leak at the THORP reprocessing plant on 19 April 2005; if he has satisfied himself that the information supplied adequately reflected the seriousness of the leak; the steps he took to verify the information supplied to his Department; if his attention has been drawn to media reports suggesting that the leak was so serious that the THORP plant may have to close indefinitely; the action he has taken or intends to take arising from this incident; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 29asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 June 2005
103 Mr. G. Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether BNFL can be trusted to run the Sellafield plant in Cumbria; if the recent leak at the plant has reduced that confidence further; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 28asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 June 2005
52 Mr. Coveney asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will make a statement on the recent serious incident at Sellafield and the implications arising for the long-term future of reprocessing as a result.
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Question· writtenPQ 27asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 June 2005
32 Mr. Coveney asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he continues to have confidence in the capacity of the British Nuclear Inspectorate to be fully briefed by BNFL on possible future incidents at Sellafield in view of the prolonged delay by BNFL in issuing a full public statement on the recent serious incident at Sellafield; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 153asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 May 2005
184 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the international legal action taken by Ireland with a view to securing the closure of the Sellafield nuclear reprocessing plant; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 152asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 May 2005
180 Mr. M. Higgins asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the initiatives he has taken to advance the Sellafield issues; if he has taken steps at international level; if such steps include potential legal action; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 117asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 May 2005
138 Mr. Timmins asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has considered the recent report of the RPII visit to BNFL Sellafield; his views on the findings in relation to terrorist threats to the facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 116asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 May 2005
130 Mr. M. Higgins asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has raised with the British Foreign Secretary the issue of the refusal of the authorities in Sellafield to make information which has been sought available for the Radiological Institute of Ireland; the steps he intends to take to make such information available; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 115asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 May 2005
128 Mr. O’Dowd asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the issues raised in the recent report of the RPII visit to Sellafield; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 61asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 May 2005
187 Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has made an official complaint to the British Government regarding the three day delay in notifying authorities here of the radioactive leak which occurred at the THORP plant at Sellafield on 18 April 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 60asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 May 2005
174 Mr. Neville asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action he has taken as a result of the recent leak of highly radioactive material at Sellafield; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 59asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 May 2005
169 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that through the ruptured pipe at the THORP plant in Cumbria, England on 22 April 2005, England had leaked 20 tonnes of uranium and plutonium into a stainless steel room from which there is currently no way of removing it; if so, the reason he did not make known this information; if not, when his attention was drawn to it; and when he planned to divulge it.
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Question· writtenPQ 58asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 May 2005
165 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will make a statement on the recent spillage of highly radioactive material at Sellafield.
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Question· writtenPQ 57asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 May 2005
153 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he is satisfied that the arrangements between Ireland and the UK on nuclear matters, announced by him in December 2004, are working adequately; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 56asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 May 2005
135 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will make a statement regarding the representations he has made to the British Government concerning the radioactive leak which occurred at the THORP plant at Sellafield on 18 April 2005.
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Question· writtenPQ 55asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 May 2005
125 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the information which was supplied to his Department regarding the reported leak at the THORP reprocessing plant on 19 April 2005; if he is satisfied that the information supplied adequately reflected the seriousness of the leak; the steps he took to verify the information supplied to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 54asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 May 2005
88 Mr. Crawford asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the recent accident at Sellafield; the nature of the assurances made to his Department by the British Government; the number of such incidents that his Department has been informed of since 1997; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 96asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 April 2005
124 Mr. Gogarty asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action which has been taken by him since assuming office in putting pressure on the UK Government to close the Wylfa nuclear plant on Anglesey Island in Wales; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 84asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 April 2005
111 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the latest position regarding the international legal action taken by this country with a view to securing the closure of the Sellafield nuclear reprocessing plant; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 58asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 April 2005
122 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the nature of assurances he received from British Nuclear Fuel Limited and the British Government regarding media reports of unaccounted plutonium at its facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 57asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 April 2005
86 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the discussions he has had with the British authorities in regard to the recent disclosure that 30 kg of plutonium are unaccounted for at the Sellafield nuclear plant; if he has sought an explanation from the British authorities as to the way in which this material could be mislaid; if steps are being taken to locate and secure the material; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 222asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 February 2005
263 Mr. O’Dowd asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if and when his Department intends to draw up a risk analysis of the world’s nuclear plants to assess the plants which pose the greatest risk to Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 122asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 February 2005
157 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the main features of the recent agreement concluded with the British authorities regarding the sharing of information relating to nuclear issues, particularly to the Sellafield nuclear reprocessing plant; the rights of access which will be provided to the Irish authorities; if he has satisfied himself that these are adequate; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 121asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 February 2005
150 Mr. Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will make a statement on his recent agreement with the British Government under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea by which the Garda and the Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland will be allowed to visit Sellafield.
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Question· writtenPQ 120asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 February 2005
149 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the international legal action taken by the Government with a view to securing the closure of the Sellafield nuclear reprocessing plant; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 1295asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 January 2005
1366 Mr. Connolly asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the recent findings in the UK Office for Nuclear Public Safety’s report on the preparedness of a plant (details supplied) to cope with a major terrorist attack; and the inadequacy of the plant’s security and emergency measures to deal with such an eventually as detailed in the report; if he proposes to convey concerns to the UK authorities in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 1265asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 January 2005
1332 Mr. O’Connor asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will report on his efforts to have the Sellafield plant closed; if his attention has been drawn to the huge interest in this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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