Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)

I seek clarification. When the Minister spoke about being committed to safe decommissioning at Sellafield in May 2008, he mentioned that at EU level, Ireland was supporting efforts by the European Commission to develop an increased safety role across the nuclear industry. He stated the adoption of recent European Council conclusions on the establishment of a European Union high level regulators group was a significant development in the field of nuclear safety. If this was a significant development, I would expect the group to have met a couple of times. Has it met and, if so, how many times? Were the Minister or his officials in attendance to report back on what was deemed to be a highly significant development in May 2008?

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