Liz McManus (Wicklow, Labour)
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Question 108: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to research linking mobile phone use to male infertility; if he will review the findings of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35495/06]

Noel Dempsey (Meath, Fianna Fail)
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My officials are aware of a number of studies in relation to male infertility and mobile phone usage, including the recent preliminary results from a study carried out in Cleveland. To date the balance of scientific and medical evidence does not support a causal relationship.

I am guided in these matters by the advice from international expert bodies, such as the World Health Organisation and the International Commission for Non-Ionising Radiation Protection. These bodies continually examine the totality of the scientific and medical evidence available so we have the most up to date and accurate information in regard to the potential health effects, if any, of electromagnetic fields.