Written answers
Wednesday, 3 May 2006
Department of Finance
Communications Masts
9:00 pm
Seán Haughey (Dublin North Central, Fianna Fail)
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Question 244: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of mobile phone companies which utilise the mast at Clontarf Garda station; if there is a limit to the number of companies which can use this mast; if there is a limit to the number of antennae which can be added to it; the way in which non-ionising radiation will be monitored at this location; if information in relation to non-ionising radiation from this mast will be made available to the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16103/06]
Tom Parlon (Laois-Offaly, Progressive Democrats)
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At present, two mobile phone companies have been granted licences by the Commissioners of Public Works to install telecommunications equipment on the mast at Clontarf Garda Station. The number of companies that can be located on any particular mast is limited by space restrictions. The telecommunications equipment installed by the mobile phone companies on Clontarf Garda Station Mast was installed under the exempt development provisions contained in Class 31 of the 2001 Planning and Development Regulations and the number of additional antennae that can be added is limited by the said Class 31.
Under the terms of their licence agreement with the Commissioners, the mobile phone operators are obliged to install and operate all equipment within current standards and E.U. regulations and adhere to the guidelines on exposure limits to emissions, issued by the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection, (ICNIRP).
In addition, the Commissioners' consultants monitor all such developments on behalf of the Commissioners to ensure compliance with the regulations is achieved from the outset. They will then measure the emissions on an annual basis to ensure this compliance is continuous. Information on emissions from the Clontarf mast will be made available to members of the public on request.
Seán Haughey (Dublin North Central, Fianna Fail)
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Question 245: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount which the Office of Public Works receives from the mobile phone companies for the use of Garda stations for masts and base stations; if it is appropriate for the Office of Public Works to also monitor the emissions of non-ionising radiation from such centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16104/06]
Tom Parlon (Laois-Offaly, Progressive Democrats)
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The Commissioners of Public Works estimate that the licensing of Garda masts for use by mobile phone companies will generate gross revenue in excess of â¬3m in 2006. This includes both the income generated by the 1997 agreement and the new standard licences being rolled out to all mobile phone companies in respect of Garda masts.
The Commissioners' consultants monitor all such installations on Garda masts to ensure they are constructed and operated in accordance with current standards and E.U. regulations and adhere to the guidelines on exposure limits to emissions, issued by the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection, (ICNIRP). The emissions are then monitored on an annual basis to ensure this compliance is continuous. It is also open to the Commission for Communications Regulation, ComReg, to measure the emissions from any particular site at any stage.
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