asked the Minister for Education whether his attention has been drawn to the remarks made on 3rd May by Mr. A. Harkin, Deputy Civil Engineer of the Electricity Supply Board, and by Professor T. E. Nevin of University College, Dublin, on the necessity of obtaining a nuclear research reactor; whether he has any comment to make on these remarks; whether he considers it desirable that, as stated by Professor Nevin, Ireland is the only country in Europe not having a research and educational programme in the field of atomic energy based on a research reactor; and whether he will take any steps to remedy this position.
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