Joe Costello (Dublin Central, Labour)
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Question 575: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Iarnród Éireann has erected a telecommunications mast at Ballymote Railway Station, County Sligo without planning permission; if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that the planning authority in Sligo advised Iarnród Éireann that planning permission would be required for such a development; his views on semi-State companies ignoring the advice of planning authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10720/05]

Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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This is an operational matter for Iarnród Éireann. However, I understand that the telecommunications mast erected by Iarnród Éireann relates specifically to the enhancement of its centralised traffic control system, CTC, and provides for vital safety-critical communications between drivers and the centralised signalmen located at the CTC centre at Connolly Station in Dublin. Iarnród Éireann is of the view that the erection of this mast in Sligo is an exempted development under the terms of the relevant legislation and is discussing the matter with the local authority in Sligo.