Jacob, JoeTuesday, 10 November 1998 |
Dáil Éireann Debate
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Priority Questions. - Nuclear Plant.
I regret the proposed decision of the UK Environment Agency concerning the commissioning and operation of the mixed oxide, MOX, fuel fabrication plant for Sellafield. However, it is important to recog...
I agree with the Deputy that people are concerned about this issue. I confirm that I made the robust comments attributed to me and I will continue to make them.
I assure the Deputy and all Members that this matter has been and will continue to be dealt with comprehensively. I have met and written to UK Ministers on numerous occasions. Two detailed submissions...
It is an important subject and I want to impress upon this House and the people that the Government is dealing comprehensively with it and will continue to do so.
It was fact.
I would have liked to continue that debate with Deputy Currie because it is important. Deputy Yates made a denigrating comment about bluster; there is no bluster.
I assure the Deputy that I am on top of this brief and will continue to handle it. Unlike Deputy Yates, I have not lost my perspective. I know where I am on this subject. I do not think I am in a pub ...
I love to do my business in a civilised and cordial fashion.
Other Questions. - Wave Energy Generation.
I refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 235 et al of 30 September 1998 in which I stated that I had informed WaveGen Ireland, the winning applicant, that the EIOP Monitoring Commi...
I share the Deputy's desire to proceed with wave energy. Like him, I am enamoured with the project. Ireland as an island nation is theoretically geared to the generation of electricity using wave ener...
We have examined that option and the response was that there needs to be a considerable improvement in technology. That is not to say we will leave it at that. I agree with Deputy Stagg regarding the ...
Deputy Daly has raised this matter with me on a number of occasions. We will do all possible to further this mode of energy generation.
Written Answers. - Road Transport Bill.
I am happy to inform the Deputy that the Road Transport Bill will be reintroduced at a very early date. Drafting of provisions, additional to the Bill as published in 1997, is now at an advanced stage...
Written Answers. - Energy Conservation.
My Department has not carried out or commissioned any study of the kind referred to in the Deputy's question. However, in 1996, the Energy Advisory Board, which is chaired by a principal officer in my...
Written Answers. - Electricity Generation.
My Department has hosted a number of competitions — commonly referred to as “AER” competitions — to supply electricity to the Electricity Supply Board, ESB, from various renewable energy sources inclu...
Written Answers. - Radon Gas.
I refer the Deputy to my response to Question No. 68 on 30 September 1998. As the Deputy is aware, I have sought funding for a radon remediation grant scheme for households in the context of the 1999 ...
Written Answers. - EU Funding.
EU funding requirements for the period 1999-2006 in respect of the gas sector have been included in my Department's overall submission to the Department of Finance concerning proposals for investment ...
Written Answers. - Natural Gas Grid.
I propose to answer Questions Nos. 63 and 79 together. I refer the Deputies to my previous reply of 30 September 1998 to Parliamentary Question No. 90. The various evaluations to which I referred in t...
Written Answers. - Nuclear Safety.
I refer the Deputy to my response to Question No. 100 on 30 September 1998 on this matter. Discussions are continuing between the Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland and British Nuclear Fuel...
Written Answers. - Alternative Energy Projects.
Approximetly 2 per cent of Ireland's total primary energy requirement, TPER, for 1997 was produced from renewable and alternative sources of energy. The percentage of electricity generated from these ...
Written Answers. - Nuclear Waste.
I am aware of reported statements made by the owners of the Trecwn site regarding the establishment of a nuclear waste dump on the site. However, as I understand it, neither the relevant UK planning a...
Written Answers. - Fuel Provisions.
I am aware, as are many Members of the House, of the difficult situation in which many people referred to in the Deputy's question find themselves. The Deputy has raised a wide range of issues in his ...
Written Answers. - Nuclear Waste.
I refer to my response to Question No. 101 on 20 October 1998. As I stated in my reply to that question, all shipments of nuclear waste from Germany were suspended in May last at the direction of the ...
Written Answers. - Nuclear Safety.
I refer the Deputy to my response to Questions Nos. 120 and 225 on 30 September 1998. As stated in that response, I have not at this stage requested safety audits similar to the Dounreay audit to be ...
Written Answers. - Case Against BNFL.
I refer the Deputy to my response to Questions Nos. 96, 119 and 265 on the 30 September 1998. As the Deputy is aware the County Louth residents have accepted the terms of the Government's offer of ass...
Written Answers. - Nuclear Industry Inspection.
The Deputy may be aware that previous efforts by Ireland at EU level in seeking the establishment of an EU inspection force within the competencies of the health and safety provisions of the Euratom T...
Written Answers. - Green Paper on Sustainable Energy.
The Green Paper on Sustainable Energy, which will provide a coherent set of policy proposals in the areas of energy efficiency, alternative energy and CO 2 and greenhouse gas abatement measures, is c...
Written Answers. - Public Transport.
Substantial de facto competition already exists between public and private operators on inter-city bus services and has proven to be of real benefit to consumers. As outlined in my Department's state...
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