Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)

The Garda has completed its investigation and I do not think it was bomb making. I do not think it was perhaps as sinister as it looked. There are reasons surrounding it, and the Garda must come to a final conclusion but it does not seem to be as sinister as it seemed initially.

I assure the Deputy the issue of Sellafield is regularly on the agenda but there is also direct contact. We have moved a long way from a position where we could get no information or assistance and our Ministers regularly meet on these issues directly with counterparts in the UK. It is not like before when they would give us no information, access or visits and that position has changed, effectively.

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