Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

I do not think it would be correct for the Government to resile from its treaty obligations under the EURATOM Treaty or any other treaty which has been incorporated into our basic law by successive referendums. The contribution we make to the EURATOM Treaty is not only as has been suggested by the Deputy, because the European Union has also been involved in making nuclear plants safer in recent accession states and in eastern Europe generally. Our contribution has been as much towards ensuring international safety standards are applied——

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