Dan Boyle (Cork South Central, Green Party)
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Question 415: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his plans to encourage the placing of maximum radiation information on each mobile phone handset. [1414/05]

Noel Dempsey (Meath, Fianna Fail)
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Mobile telephones are in widespread use on a global basis. The limits for non-ionising radiation are global limits established internationally by the International Commission for Non-Ionising Radiation Protection, ICNIRP. There is no evidence that exposure up to these limits is damaging. Accordingly, I do not propose at this stage to put maximum radiation information on each mobile handset. My Department will continue to liaise with the appropriate international bodies to monitor ongoing research and ensure the standards operating in Ireland comply with the ICNIRP guidelines.