Arthur Morgan (Louth, Sinn Fein)

I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, the need for the Government to establish its own team of scientists to investigate the impact of the 1957 fire at Windscale in Cumbria, now known as Sellafield, on the people of County Louth and to examine the latest report from the former British Atomic Energy Authority researcher, John Garland; to establish if there is enough evidence to pursue Britain legally after it was discovered that Britain may have lied about the impact of the 1957 fire and to examine the continuing radioactive contamination of County Louth by Sellafield, which many believe is the real cause of the high cancer rate in County Louth, which is constantly running at 12% above the national average.

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