Kathleen Lynch
Question:41 Kathleen Lynch asked the Minister for the Marine the proposals, if any, there are to carry out an inventory of all munitions dumpsites in the context of OSPAR; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11050/96]
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41 Kathleen Lynch asked the Minister for the Marine the proposals, if any, there are to carry out an inventory of all munitions dumpsites in the context of OSPAR; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11050/96]
At a recent working group meeting of the Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic, OSPAR, Ireland called on Contracting Parties to the Convention to incorporate into its Quality Status Report, (QSR), an inventory of sites which had been used for the dumping of munitions. The completion of an inventory would be the first step towards the development of guidelines for the management and monitoring of such sites. Ireland was represented at that meeting by an officer of the Marine Institute. Our proposal has been agreed to at OSPAR.