Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

——to plants which have required further re-investment and where this had not been done. That is one of the issues that has been dealt with under the EURATOM Treaty.

The Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government has spoken to three different Commissioners on the focus that will apply to the EURATOM Treaty in terms of trying to ensure that member states use its provisions for the purpose of upgrading plants, providing for the inspection of plants and ensuring that public safety issues get equal priority with the arguments made by those who advocate the development of the nuclear fuel industry.

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