asked the Minister for Energy the action, if any, he has taken on behalf of the Government to communicate formally and officially to the British authorities with respect to the British Nuclear Fuels proposal for disposal of radioactive waste at an undersea location off the Cumbrian coast; if he will make the text of the communication available to the Oireachtas; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

20.

asked the Minister for Energy the representations, if any, he has made to the British authorities regarding the proposal by British Nuclear Fuels to construct caverns under the Irish Sea for the storage of nuclear waste; the response which has been received from the British Government; the measures, if any, he intends to take if British Nuclear Fuels insist on proceeding with this plan in view of the enormous health and environmental consequences for the Irish people; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

62.