Tony Gregory (Dublin Central, Independent)
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Question 229: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason for the new additional mobile phone mast at the Bridewell Garda Station, Dublin 7; if same will be used for Garda purposes; the private commercial services for which it will be used; if consideration was given to its close proximity to a children's playground and to a residential flats complex; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21778/06]

Tom Parlon (Laois-Offaly, Progressive Democrats)
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The Commissioners of Public Works have granted licences to three mobile phone companies to install telecommunications equipment on the mast at the Bridewell Garda Station. For structural reasons it was necessary to replace the original mast with a new mast. The Garda telecommunications equipment has been relocated to the new mast and the three mobile phone operators also have equipment installed thereon. The original mast has been removed from the site.

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 and is continuous during the term of the licence agreement.