Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 5 November 2013

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht

Nuclear Power Plants: Discussion with Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland

2:50 pm

Photo of Paudie CoffeyPaudie Coffey (Waterford, Fine Gael)
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To clarify, I understood the report issued last November, produced by eight international experts, indicated that in the event of a radioactive release from Sellafield, there would be no observable health risks for Ireland. Will Dr. McGarry clarify that? From what she has said and how the discussion has gone, the impression I am getting is that we cannot be certain of that assertion, that it is very much a grey area. Despite this, the independent international report to which I referred stated clearly that there was no observable health risk in the event of a radioactive leak from Sellafield, no matter how it came about.