Timmy Dooley
Ceist:580. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the outcome of the 27 April 2017 meeting of the UK-Ireland contact group on radiological matters. [21661/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraTuesday, 9 May 2017
Ceisteanna (580, 581)
Timmy Dooley
Ceist:581. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has held discussions or correspondence with the UK Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy or the Office for Nuclear Regulation on the UK's decision to leave the EURATOM treaty. [21662/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraFreagraí scríofa
I propose to take Questions Nos. 580 and 581 together.
The UK Ireland Contact Group on Radiological Matters met in Dublin on 27 April. The meeting was attended by officials from my Department, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the United Kingdom’s Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), Office for Nuclear Regulation, and National Decommissioning Authority (NDA), as well as officials from the Isle of Man and Northern Ireland administrations.
The NDA, who manage the decommissioning and reprocessing of nuclear fuel stocks throughout the UK, provided a progress report on activities in these areas while an update on developments regarding the UK’s New Build programme was provided by BEIS officials.
Discussions on the implications of the UK exiting the terms of the Euratom Treaty were limited in the light of the upcoming UK general election on 8 June.
More detailed discussions on this topic will take place at the next meeting of the Group in October 2017, or in the interim, as required.