[Deputy Phil Hogan.] Questions— 14 February 2012. <strong>Written</strong> <strong>Answers</strong> Local Action Group Programme Administration Administration Project Spend to Allocation: Allocation: 20% Spend to date date Project and overall allocation Administration Galway Rural Development €15,257,985 €3,051,597 €971,795.38 €2,910,798.66 Company Limited Inishowen Development €8,286,143 €1,657,229 €625,581.28 €1,794,576.78 Partnership I.R.D. Duhallow €10,315,943 €2,063,189 €721,022.77 €2,403,767.60 Kildare (Cill Dara ar Aghaidh €12,282,448 €2,456,490 €868,870.54 €1,202,802.20 Teoranta) County Kilkenny LEADER €11,523,729 €2,304,746 €833,182.31 €2,657,057.21 Partnership Limited Laois Community and Enterprise €10,993,608 €2,198,722 €879,759.20 €1,726,360.26 Development Leitrim Integrated Development €10,845,497 €2,169,099 €863,729.22 €1,799,413.10 Company Longford Community Resources €8,714,110 €1,742,822 €529,574.09 €1,720,286.30 Limited Louth LEADER Partnership €8,839,815 €1,767,963 €812,265.71 €1,642,010.67 Mayo North East LEADER €10,751,894 €2,150,379 €820,226.54 €2,090,088.07 Partnership Meath Partnership €12,748,771 €2,549,754 €1,105,071.84 €2,093,828.37 Mei<strong>the</strong>al Forbartha na Gaeltachta €17,278,809 €3,455,762 €1,314,883.67 €2,003,508.11 Teoranta North and East Kerry LEADER €10,558,882 €2,111,776 €849,954.60 €882,538.81 Partnership Teoranta North Tipperary LEADER €9,708,008 €1,941,602 €744,731.38 €2,694,542.57 Partnership Company Offaly Integrated Local €11,520,489 €2,304,098 €693,821.89 €2,419,636.12 Development Company Roscommon Integrated €12,838,021 €2,567,604 €832,371.17 €2,286,223.28 Development Company County Sligo LEADER €10,888,673 €2,177,735 €659,871.45 €3,344,222.85 Partnership Company South East Cork Area €10,641,494 €2,128,299 €675,991.95 €2,344,385.99 Development Limited South Kerry Development €12,370,667 €2,474,133 €1,128,984.93 €1,604,772.27 Partnership Limited South Tipperary Local €11,106,187 €2,221,237 €848,247.34 €2,286,527.10 Development Company Limited South West Mayo Development €12,150,007 €2,430,001 €766,966.56 €3,093,228.74 Company Limited Waterford LEADER Partnership €10,558,519 €2,111,704 €846,348.29 €2,344,291.88 Limited West Cork Development €14,601,149 €2,920,230 €1,047,709.16 €2,676,558.38 Partnership West Limerick Resources €9,997,751 €1,999,550 €822,146.32 €1,393,937.49 Westmeath Community €10,987,060 €2,197,412 €607,057.85 €1,207,408.38 Development Wexford Local Development €12,515,565 €2,503,113 €850,704.22 €2,993,987.78 County Wicklow Partnership €11,135,560 €2,227,112 €787,274.14 €1,651,520.00 Total €399,999,998 €80,000,000 €29,475,428 €74,952,481 506
Questions— 14 February 2012. <strong>Written</strong> <strong>Answers</strong> Telecommunications Services 411. Deputy Pat Deering asked <strong>the</strong> Minister for <strong>the</strong> Environment, Community and Local Government when <strong>the</strong> guidelines for telecommunications antennae and support structures were last updated; his plans to update same in <strong>the</strong> near future; if his attention has been drawn to <strong>the</strong> fact that o<strong>the</strong>r EU countries have different guidelines in this area; and if he is fully satisfied that public health is not at risk due to <strong>the</strong>se telecommunication structures. [7554/12] Minister <strong>of</strong> State at <strong>the</strong> Department <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Environment, Community and Local Government (Deputy Jan O’Sullivan): My Department published Guidelines for Planning Authorities on Telecommunications Antennae and Support Structures in 1996. The guidelines are intended to facilitate planning authorities, An Bord Pleanála, <strong>the</strong> licensed providers <strong>of</strong> mobile telecommunications services and <strong>the</strong> public by providing guidance on dealing with <strong>the</strong>se developments within <strong>the</strong> planning system. The guidelines set out a locational hierarchy in relation to <strong>the</strong> siting <strong>of</strong> radio masts and advise that free-standing masts should only be located within, or in <strong>the</strong> immediate surrounds <strong>of</strong>, smaller towns or villages as a last resort. If such a location should become necessary, masts and antennae should be designed and adapted for <strong>the</strong> specific location. In <strong>the</strong> vicinity <strong>of</strong> larger towns and in city suburbs, operators should endeavour to locate in industrial estates or in industrially zoned land. The guidelines fur<strong>the</strong>r advise that only as a last resort, and if all <strong>the</strong> alternatives are unavailable or unsuitable, should free-standing masts be located in a residential area or beside schools. Under Section 28 <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Planning and Development Act 2000, planning authorities are required to have regard to any Ministerial guidelines in <strong>the</strong> performance <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir functions. The Guidelines are available on my Department’s website at www.environ.ie. The Guidelines will be kept under review in light <strong>of</strong> best scientific evidence and technical advice. My Department is not aware <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> differences between Ireland and o<strong>the</strong>r EU countries’ guidelines in this area. The issue <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> potential health effects <strong>of</strong> mobile phone masts was <strong>the</strong> subject <strong>of</strong> an Expert Group Report commissioned by <strong>the</strong> Government and published in March 2007. This Report, entitled Health Effects <strong>of</strong> Electromagnetic Fields, is available for download on my Department’s website (www.environ.ie). The Expert Group reported that <strong>the</strong> majority scientific opinion to date is that no adverse short or long term effects have been demonstrated from exposure to electromagnetic fields at levels below <strong>the</strong> limits recommended by <strong>the</strong> International Commission on Non-Ionising Radiation Protection (ICNIRP). However, extensive international research on <strong>the</strong> issue continues to be coordinated through bodies such as <strong>the</strong> World Health Organisation. The Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg), <strong>the</strong> licensing authority for <strong>the</strong> telecommunications industry, commissions audit reports to verify that its licensed operators are in compliance with <strong>the</strong>ir licence conditions relating to emission limits for non-ionising radiation. The detailed measurement results from over 900 transmitter sites surveyed to date have so far shown total compliance. Recorded levels <strong>of</strong> radio frequency signals are typically measured as being within <strong>the</strong> range <strong>of</strong> 0.002% to 2% <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> safe exposure levels set by <strong>the</strong> ICNIRP guidelines. This is lower or comparable to radio frequency exposures from radio and television broadcasts. The location <strong>of</strong> licensed telecommunications antennae and <strong>the</strong> results <strong>of</strong> individual site survey reports can be found on ComReg’s website: http://www.askcomreg.ie/mobile/ siteviewer.273.LE.asp. My Department’s current advice to those living in close proximity to mobile masts or base stations, based on <strong>the</strong> conclusions <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Expert Group, is that <strong>the</strong>re is no scientific basis or 507
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