The case in The Hague is of immense benefit to Ireland in building international political awareness of the dangers of the Sellafield plant. We are involved in a unique situation. A small country is taking on a much larger one and highlighting issues that have major consequences for the nuclear industry worldwide. In doing so it is reaching further than Ireland's case against the Sellafield plant. We are questioning the role of the European Union's constitutional position on the promotion of the nuclear industry. Within Europe any decision taken in The Hague could impact on countries such as France which also ships nuclear waste without consultation with its neighbours.