Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Independent)
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I will ask two very quick questions as I am supposed to be at a Whips' meeting at 5 p.m. On exemption No. 2, telecommunication service infrastructure always seems to cause problems, but this particular area might not. Does this only relate to cables? The Minister of State spoke about cables and very small devices. The exemptions provided to the Garda, for example, resulted in a proliferation of antennae of a commercial nature. Provided it is not that, I would be satisfied.

My second question relates to forests and exemption No. 4, which the Minister of State may have already clarified. Obviously harvesting rights in our forests is a very big issue at the moment. So long as it is of a very minor nature it will not impact. We need to be assured that it will come back through the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Marine if there is any doubt about it. Those are my two concerns and if they are addressed, I will not have a problem.