Seán Barrett
Question:47 Mr. Barrett asked the Minister for the Marine the steps, if any, he intends taking to deal with the potential hazard to the health of the communities living along the west and southwest coasts as a result of two dumps of chemical weapons, including nerve and mustard gas, seized from the Nazis at the end of the Second World War and dumped by the British Navy between 1945 and 1957 off the Atlantic shelf; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2291/94]