Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-06-13-Speech-2-132"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-06-13"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Accidental or deliberate marine pollution2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000613.11.2-132"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-06-13-Speech-2-1332
lpv:speaker	lp:James (Jim) Fitzsimons2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, there is an important meeting on 26 June of the OSPAR commission in Copenhagen. Let us recall for a moment that the central objective of the OSPAR Convention is to reduce marine pollution to close to zero and to historic levels by the year 2020. From an Irish perspective we know that marine pollution in the Irish Sea has been on the increase in recent years and this is a direct result of the go-ahead given to the Thorp nuclear reprocessing plant in December 1993. Surveys carried out in the Irish Sea have clearly shown that levels of a particular nuclear product, technetium-99 have increased 15-fold in the last seven years alone. To date the British Government has only given broad general outlines as to the strategies it intends to take to comply with the provisions of the OSPAR Convention. This is simply not good enough and the people of Ireland and the people of Europe have a right to receive the real answers to many questions from the British Government. For years the British Government has tried to fob off many politicians and environmental groups in Ireland with reassurances about the Sellafield and Thorp nuclear plants. They cannot do this any longer because of the startling revelations this year about the wholly inadequate safety and quality control standards in operation at these plants. The Irish Government has tabled a draft decision for the OSPAR meeting calling on the contracting parties to an agreed acceleration of implementation of the OSPAR strategy. This will include the cessation of nuclear reprocessing and associated activities at the Sellafield and Thorp plants. This in turn will play a key role in reducing marine pollution in the Irish Sea. If the British Government wants to comply with its legal obligations under the OSPAR Convention it should state on 26 June in Copenhagen that it will outline a time framework for the closure of the Sellafield and Thorp plants. I would like to compliment Mrs McKenna on her excellent report."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation to the EU-Cyprus Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-30--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Committee on Development and Cooperation (2000-03-01--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries and the Gulf (1999-09-30--2002-01-14)3 member; PETI (1999-09-13--2002-01-14)3 member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; UEN (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Fianna Fáil Party (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Fitzsimons (UEN )."1

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