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Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 17 November 2004

Wednesday, 17 November 2004

Questions (344, 345)

Tony Gregory

Question:

384 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Question No. 168 of 4 November 2004, the location of the Garda masts surveyed in the Dublin city area; the survey findings in each case; the Garda masts surveyed annually; the number of previous occasions on which the Garda mast at a station (details supplied) in Dublin 1 was surveyed; and the date of the last occasion. [28659/04]

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Tony Gregory

Question:

386 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the length of time the Garda telecommunications masts have been in situ at Garda stations (details supplied) in Dublin 1; the number and the type of antennae attached to the masts which are in use now and in the recent past; the number of the antennae which are for the sole use of Garda communications; the number and the type of antennae which belong to commercial mobile phone companies; the date on which the mobile phone antennae were attached to the masts; if emission audits have been carried out in relation to these masts recently; and if so, if he will provide copies. [28683/04]

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Written answers

I propose to take Questions Nos. 384 and 386 together.

I am advised by the Garda authorities that surveys of the electromagnetic field strengths on masts have been carried out in the Dublin locations of Tallaght, Ronanstown and Coolock. As I have already stated in reply to Question No. 168 on 4 November, in all cases the survey findings showed that the cumulative electromagnetic field strength emitting from the Garda masts were thousands of times below both the public and occupational ICNIRP, or International Commission for Non-Ionising Radiation Protection, guidelines.

The number of masts to be surveyed annually can vary from year to year. Neither the mast at Fitzgibbon Street Garda station nor that at Cabra have been surveyed previously although the Garda authorities have informed me that they are in the process of having tests carried out at Fitzgibbon Street. The other information requested by the Deputy for these locations is as follows.

The mast at Fitzgibbon Street was installed in 1985. The following antennae are installed on the mast: eight microwave, six array panels, six AN3U, one SA400, one CAT 165, one TV and one TETRA.

The following antennae are in use by the Garda Síochána: four microwave links, six AN3U, one SA400, one CAT 165, one TV and one TETRA. The following antennae were installed in 1997 under the terms of the contract with O2: four microwave links and six array panels.

The mast at Cabra was installed in 1985. The following antennae are installed on the mast: ten microwave links, six array panels, two AN3U, one SDH150, one SDH450 and one CAT165. The following antennae are in use by the Garda Síochána: six microwave links, two AN3U, two SDH150, one SDH450 and one CAT165. The following antennae were installed in 1997 under the terms of the contract with O2: four microwave links and six array panel.

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