Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 16 May 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment

Developments at Hinkley Point C Power Plant: Discussion

3:00 pm

Mr. Paul McDonald:

Yes. I was trying to give an indication of the policy that we currently operate of dealing with these issues through the engagement with the UK-Ireland contact group and that was the background to it. Moving on through the various stages that we have had and the more recent engagement around Espoo and so on, the UK has agreed that there would be full consultation in respect of future nuclear power plants or any change to the current planning permission around Hinckley.