Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Independent)
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Question 500: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if advice has been issued by him in the past regarding the location of telecommunications masts in the vicinity of schools or residential areas; if so, the nature of that advice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23976/11]

Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)
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All issues relating to the physical siting of telecommunication masts are a matter for my colleague the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, and the Local Authorities and are the subject of the relevant planning legislation. I have not issued advice in regard to such planning matters, although the question of planning for telecommunications infrastructure generally is being discussed as part of the work of the Next Generation Broadband Task Force. The Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government and the Local Authorities are participating in these discussions and the work of the Task Force is to conclude later this year.