Emmet Stagg (Kildare North, Labour)
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Question 65: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will report on his recent meeting with the UK Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, Mr. Alistair Darling, with specific reference to the Irish State's concerns regarding the outcome of the UK energy review. [36448/06]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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In my reply to Questions Nos. 194 and 217 of 4 October 2006, I said I would shortly be meeting the UK Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, Mr. Alistair Darling regarding the Irish Government's concerns about the outcome of the UK Energy Review. This meeting is due to take place on 9 January 2007.

As I also stated in my reply to those two Questions, Ireland's concerns about any proposals by the UK to develop new nuclear capacity and the impact of UK nuclear policy decisions on the continued operation of the Sellafield reprocessing facility have been consistently made known to the UK administration at Prime Minister, Ministerial and official level and by way of input to the consultation process undertaken by the UK as part of its Energy Review.