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 Steven MatthewsSteven Matthews (Wicklow, Green Party)
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If an operator were to run a kilometre of overhead cable and then reached a town, he or she might underground it because it is preferable aesthetically, and then continue 500 m down the road at the other end of that town. Would this in any way create situations where the operator or the applicant might just decide to run it all overhead because it is the one licence application?