Emmet Stagg (Kildare North, Labour)

When does the Taoiseach intend to notify the House of the de facto transfer of ministerial responsibilities for nuclear safety from the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government to the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children? This arises from a question I tabled to the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government on nuclear safety and the disposal of the useless iodine tablets every household has in an environmentally friendly way. The question was strangely transferred to the Department of Health and Children. Yesterday the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children claimed it was her responsibility. Will a special order come before the House to transfer responsibility for nuclear safety to the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, particularly as the HSE seems to be doing everything else for her?

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