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Written Answers — Register of Electors: Register of Electors (30 Mar 2006)

Fergus O'Dowd: Question 268: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will commission An Post to deliver a blank electoral registration form to each house in the State for completion and return to the local authority within three weeks, which would be part of a national campaign to encourage voters to register. [12693/06]

Foreign Conflicts. (4 Apr 2006)

Fergus O'Dowd: Question 109: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps he will take to ensure a UN investigation into alleged misappropriation of Iraqi money during reconstruction works in the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13039/06]

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage. (4 Apr 2006)

Fergus O'Dowd: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." One of the major issues facing Irish society, particularly in urban areas, is how we deal with modern developments, especially multi-storey, high-rise apartment complexes. That is a significant problem around the country. The intention of this Bill is to address the significant issues involved and to put in place a regulator for the...

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (4 Apr 2006)

Fergus O'Dowd: Question 60: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position with regard to the ratification of the EU convention on corruption; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13019/06]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (4 Apr 2006)

Fergus O'Dowd: Question 158: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the changes proposed in the operation of St. Joseph's Hospital, Ardee; if future patients will be admitted for long-term care or respite care in the hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12799/06]

Nuclear Safety: Statements. (5 Apr 2006)

Fergus O'Dowd: Would it be possible to see a copy of the Minister's speech?

Nuclear Safety: Statements. (5 Apr 2006)

Fergus O'Dowd: That is fine. Other people received copies and I do not see why I should not have one.

Nuclear Safety: Statements. (5 Apr 2006)

Fergus O'Dowd: I welcome the Labour Party's proposal to have a debate on this matter. In preparation for the debate, I carried out some research. I read in The Whitehaven News and in a press release from Cumbrians Opposed to a Radioactive Environment, CORE, that, on a bank holiday weekend in the United Kingdom last year, a shipment of plutonium MOX fuel was transported through the Irish Sea to Cherbourg....

Nuclear Safety: Statements. (5 Apr 2006)

Fergus O'Dowd: I would like the Minister to answer the question. If he is not able to answer now, that is fine.

Nuclear Safety: Statements. (5 Apr 2006)

Fergus O'Dowd: Did the Minister know about the shipment? If so, why did he not make a public statement? When a previous shipment of MOX fuel was returned from Japan, a national debate took place. The Minister for Foreign Affairs was serving as Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources at that time and he instructed the Naval Service and Air Corps to watch every element of the transportation,...

Nuclear Safety: Statements. (5 Apr 2006)

Fergus O'Dowd: I thank the Ceann Comhairle. It is important that, when we discuss transparency and openness——

Nuclear Safety: Statements. (5 Apr 2006)

Fergus O'Dowd: It is critical that the record of the Minister's knowledge of this shipment while he has been in office is made available to those on this side of the House. In the interests of the Freedom of Information Act 1997, which is intended to provide the public with access to information, it is incomprehensible that the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, due to the way it...

Nuclear Safety: Statements. (5 Apr 2006)

Fergus O'Dowd: I apologise. I hope there will never be a Wylfa here. This morning, it was proposed that Ireland lease that plant, which would remain open for many years. I wish to put on the record what Mr. Bull, a representative of British Nuclear Fuels Limited, recently said at the Welsh Affairs Committee in the United Kingdom.

Nuclear Safety: Statements. (5 Apr 2006)

Fergus O'Dowd: The Assembly Government indicated that it wants to extend the life of the Wylfa plant and Mr. Bull was asked how easy it would be in practice. Mr. Bull, who I believe——

Nuclear Safety: Statements. (5 Apr 2006)

Fergus O'Dowd: ——just in case people think I do not, stated: In practice there are a lot of considerations to be weighed into that decision. The first point is to restate it is not a decision for us to make; it is a decision for the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority as the owner of the station. It is not simply a question of taking a decision about the station in isolation. Wylfa is the last of a series...

Nuclear Safety: Statements. (5 Apr 2006)

Fergus O'Dowd: I am delighted that the Minister has taken this step. It is right and proper that he has done so.

Nuclear Safety: Statements. (5 Apr 2006)

Fergus O'Dowd: Every State car, bus and other form of transport should use renewable energy or biofuels. That is the only way forward. We should also be more aggressive in pursuing this option in the context of our agricultural policy. Many acres of land have been set aside or will never be used in the context of our current agricultural practices. This could change and many more people could work in...

Nuclear Safety: Statements. (5 Apr 2006)

Fergus O'Dowd: The Minister changed the law.

Nuclear Safety: Statements. (5 Apr 2006)

Fergus O'Dowd: I do not accept that.

Nuclear Safety: Statements. (5 Apr 2006)

Fergus O'Dowd: Will the Minister answer the question?