Dinny McGinley (Donegal South West, Fine Gael)
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Question 484: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the uranium exploration licences granted in County Donegal over 20 years ago are still valid; if there are new applications or renewal applications for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41090/08]

Seán Power (Kildare South, Fianna Fail)
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In the late 1970s and in the 1980s licences were granted to companies allowing them to explore for all metals, including uranium, in Donegal and in other parts of Ireland. None of these licences is still valid. There are no new applications currently on hands for prospecting for uranium in Donegal or in any other part of Ireland.

Two applications for new prospecting licences for uranium in Donegal were refused in 2007 and the reasons for such refusal were set out in the reply to Parliamentary Question No. 105 of 19 December 2007.