Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 17 January 2024
1032. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice if she will report on the visit by members of An Garda Síochána to the Sellafield nuclear facility in 2004; their findings; if the gardaí were invited or sought access in that instance; if there have been subsequent visits; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56808/23]
View answerI am advised by the Garda authorities that the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority Constabulary invited An Garda Síochána to visit the Sellafield Nuclear Facility in Cumbria, UK in 2004 to review aspects of the physical protection and policing arrangements in place at the site. A team from An Garda Síochána undertook the visit to the site on the 1st and 2nd of June 2004.
I am further advised that there were a number of subsequent visits by An Garda Síochána; the last of which was in 2017.
