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Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (5 Apr 2006)

Fergus O'Dowd: Deputies Tony Dempsey, Callanan and Devins should not have to read the same script three times.

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (5 Apr 2006)

Fergus O'Dowd: The Deputy was not even here on time.

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (5 Apr 2006)

Fergus O'Dowd: Thank you. Will the Deputy canvass for me?

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (5 Apr 2006)

Fergus O'Dowd: We are on our way over there.

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (5 Apr 2006)

Fergus O'Dowd: Mr. Eamon O'Boyle, a good man.

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?

Nuclear Safety: Statements. (5 Apr 2006)

Fergus O'Dowd: Was the Minister aware of the shipment?

Nuclear Safety: Statements. (5 Apr 2006)

Fergus O'Dowd: Did the Minister know about the shipment?