Cathal Crowe (Clare, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Communications are colocated on high infrastructure. I refer specifically to mobile phone and signal antennae colocated on wind turbines. I do not know if the Minister is willing to answer this, as I am broadening the debate out a little. The new guidelines for wind energy are relevant to colocated infrastructure. This goes back well before the Minister's Department. I think it was at one point with the Minister for housing and planning. I have heard in recent months they have been on Deputy Ryan's departmental desk. That new set of guidelines was to come before the Dáil in December 2019. There was then the Christmas break, followed straight away by a general election and the Covid pandemic. A lot has happened since. People, the communications industry, communities concerned about turbines, and I am sure the wind energy sector would like to know what is happening. These guidelines are 15 years out of date at this stage. Even the 2019 guidelines are possibly outdated. However, they are relevant to communities and to the sector. Where is this document at? Is it on the Minister's desk or another Minister's desk? When will there be movement on it?