Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 14 July 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

Planning and Development Act 2000 (Section 254 – Overground Telecommunication Cables) Regulations 2021: Motion

Photo of Peter BurkePeter Burke (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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Absolutely. It is linked back to the municipal district. All the municipal districts throughout the country have an adjudication process for issuing a section 254 licence and, as I said, we still have to go through the same adjudication process for road safety, protected structures and environmental issues. All those robust practices would still remain in place.