Luke 'Ming' Flanagan
Question:141. Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government regarding EU Directive 2011/70/EURATOM (Nuclear Waste), Under Article 6 (3) describing financing of Competent Regulatory Authority, Member States are required to ensure that the competent regulatory authority is given legal powers and human and financial resources necessary to fulfill its obligations in connection with the National Framework as described in Article 5 (1) (b), (c), (d) and (e); if he will provide a preliminary figure signalling that the cost of this will reflect the general principle given in Article 4 (1) that each Member State shall have ultimate responsibility for management of radioactive waste generated in it, and that the figure will reflect that responsibility and only that responsibility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21949/13]
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