Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there is any road traffic regulation that requires that all telecommunications cables and electric cables are at least 22ft, 7metres, over road height; if there is, the body that has responsibility for the enforcement of this regulation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16627/13]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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While Chapter 6 of my Department’s Traffic Signs Manual (2010) provides that a Road Authority shall, when giving consideration to providing warning signs under section 95 of the Road Traffic Act 1961, consult with the owner of the electrical cables concerned in order to agree the safe height to be displayed on such warning signs, road traffic legislation does not provide for minimum over road clearance height of the cables concerned.