Jim Walsh (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I notice that under "Fundamental principle L" there is a clause about confidentiality. It reads, "The State should establish requirements for protecting the confidentiality of information, the unauthorised disclosure of which would compromise the physical protection of nuclear material and nuclear facilities." I accept that, as it is written, but I would not like that clause to be used to conceal information which should be available to the public, say, about risks concerning nuclear power plants, particularly ones in Britain which are our main cause of concern in this jurisdiction. I would like the Minister of State to assure us that there is nothing in that clause which could be used either by officialdom or the nuclear plants themselves to conceal information which should be in the public domain in the interests of protecting our citizenry.