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Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Wednesday, 14 Dec 1983

Vol. 346 No. 10

Written Answers. - Nuclear Missile Sites.

195.

asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he is aware of any intention to site nuclear missiles in Ireland; and his reaction to any such proposals.

The Non-Proliferation Treaty of 1968 to which the State is a party obliges us not to manufacture or acquire nuclear weapons. There is no question of allowing nuclear weapons owned by another country to be sited here.

Regarding Northern Ireland I would refer the Deputy to the reply given by the Minister of State at the Taoiseach's Department to Question No. 1 on 9 November 1983 when he recalled the assurance I received from the British Authorities that there are no plans for siting cruise missiles or any other nuclear missiles in Northern Ireland.

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