Joe McHugh (Donegal North East, Fine Gael)
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Question 222: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will examine the viability of a proposal (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10561/11]

Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)
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I would agree with the Deputy that if valuable recoverable copper or other material is lying dormant around the coastline every effort should be made to recover such material. If the material in question is the property of private companies, it would be a matter for those companies to seek its recovery and disposal.

While the recovery and disposal of redundant copper lines lying offshore or elsewhere is not an issue in which my Department has a function, I have asked my officials to contact the Deputy with a view to establishing who the owners of the material are in order that the potential value and recovery of the material might be considered.