asked the Minister for the Environment whether the Irish Government will be raising the matter of nuclear waste discharges by Britain at the next meeting of the Paris Convention being held in Berlin next month.
Written Answers. - Nuclear Waste Discharges.
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The general question of nuclear waste discharges from land-based sources to the maritime area will be considered at the next meeting of the Paris Commission. This country's representative will be expressing our concern for the protection of our maritime resources and fishing industry from pollution from whatever source and will be calling for more specific control mechanisms over the discharge to the sea of nuclear waste from land-based sources.
It would not be appropriate to raise the specific matter referred to by the Deputy at the forthcoming meeting as provision is already made in the Paris Convention for consultations between relevant States where pollution from land-based sources in one State is likely to prejudice the interests of another. The Commission could be called upon to make recommendations only where bilateral consultation has failed to produce an agreement to deal with such a situation.