Tuesday, 1 Dec 2015

Written Answers Nos. 523-544

Schools Building Projects Status

Questions (523)

John Perry

Question:

523. Deputy John Perry asked the Minister for Education and Skills what priority has a new national school (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42665/15]

Written answers

Minister for Education and Skills

As the Deputy is aware, an application for a new school building was submitted to my Department as part of the amalgamation process involving St Joseph's BNS and Mary Immaculate GNS. My Department's letter of approval in 2013 to the proposed amalgamation, from September 2014, noted that the amalgamation would proceed on a split campus basis.

As you will appreciate, the school's request must be considered in the context of the financial constraints imposed by the need to prioritise available funding for the provision of essential school accommodation. In that regard, due to competing demands on my Department's capital budget, it is not possible to give an indicative timeframe for the progression of this school project at this time. I wish to advise the Deputy however that my Department has approved funding towards the provision of a mainstream classroom and resource room to meet the school's immediate accommodation needs.

Religious Discrimination

Questions (524)

Jonathan O'Brien

Question:

524. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of students not wishing to study religion at a school (details supplied) in County Limerick and related matters. [42667/15]

Written answers

Minister for Education and Skills

Under the Constitution and in accordance with the Education Act 1998, parents have a right to have their children opt out of religion classes and it is expected that this right will be upheld by schools on foot of a parental request.

In relation to the school in question, I understand that following an initial decision of the school not to agree to a parent's request to allow his child opt out of religion classes, the school board of management recently considered this matter. The outcome of that consideration is that the school has since allowed the student in question opt out of religion classes in the school.

The Deputy may be aware that the forthcoming Admissions to School Bill includes a specific requirement that school enrolment policies must include details of the school's arrangements for any students who do not wish to attend religious instruction.

Proposed Legislation

Questions (525)

Ruth Coppinger

Question:

525. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission observations on the Education (Admission to School) Bill 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42724/15]

Written answers

Minister for Education and Skills

I met with the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission in June of this year to discuss a number of matters including the Education (Admission to Schools) Bill and I welcome the recently published observations of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission on the Bill.

The Commission welcomes the overall aims of the Bill and notes that it is an important development in Ireland's education law.

While the Bill has been published it has not yet been discussed in the Dáil or the Seanad and I will be considering any changes raised by the Commission and others in tandem with any amendments proposed by members of both houses during the passage of the Bill.

In relation to the Commission's views on changes to equality legislation I have made clear that the matters concerned are complex and that such changes will not be made in this particular bill.

Schools Building Projects Status

Questions (526)

Olivia Mitchell

Question:

526. Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) is on the list of building projects to proceed to construction between 2016 and 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42733/15]

Written answers

Minister for Education and Skills

I wish to advise the Deputy that the building project for the school to which she refers was previously included in my Department's 2015 Construction Plan. It was not therefore necessary to re-announce the project on the 2016-2021 Construction Programme.

A site for the new school was recently acquired and architectural planning for the development has now commenced. It is my Department's intention that the project will proceed to tender and construction at the earliest possible opportunity.

Adult Education Provision

Questions (527)

Jonathan O'Brien

Question:

527. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the funding allocated to adult literacy and basic skills during each year since 2007. [42738/15]

Written answers

Minister for Education and Skills

My Department has provided funding in the region of €30 million per annum for the years from 2007 to 2013 for the Adult Literacy Programme. Since the beginning of 2014, funding for adult literacy has been provided through SOLAS to the Education and Training Boards and other bodies. In 2015, the SOLAS provision for the Adult Literacy Programme is €30.4 million.

In addition to the Adult Literacy Programme, my Department has also provided funding for the Skills for Work Programme since 2010. Annual funding of €2.8 million is provided for this programme from the National Training Fund. The Skills for Work programme provides basic skills tuition for those in employment.

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Questions (528)

Bobby Aylward

Question:

528. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for a special needs assistant for a person (details supplied) that is still pending and if an observation of care is required to finalise the decision which was due to take place in September 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42779/15]

Written answers

Minister for Education and Skills

I wish to advise the Deputy that the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) is responsible, through its network of local Special Educational Needs Organisers (SENOs) for allocating Special Needs Assistants (SNAs) to schools to support children with special educational needs. The NCSE operates within my Department's criteria in allocating such support, which is set out in my Department's Circular 0030/2014.

All schools were asked to apply for SNA support for the 2015/16 school year by 18th March 2015. The NCSE also continued to accept applications after this date in recognition that enrolments may not have been completed or where assessments were not completed.

The NCSE has now published details of SNA allocations for schools for September 2015 on its website at www.ncse.ie.

Once allocated, the deployment of SNAs within schools is a matter for the individual Principal/Board of Management. SNAs should be deployed by the school in a manner which best meets the care support requirements of the children enrolled in the school for whom SNA support has been allocated. It is a matter for schools to allocate support as required, and on the basis of individual need, which allows schools flexibility in how the SNA support is utilised.

Details of the manner in which a school or parent may appeal the level of SNA or resource teaching allocation which has been made to support a child in school, to the NCSE, is set out on the NCSE website.

All schools have the contact details of their local SENO, while Parents may also contact their local SENO directly to discuss their child's special educational needs, using the contact details available the NCSE website.I am advised by the NCSE that the school attended by the child to which the Deputy has referred has now been allocated an additional SNA to support this child's care needs.

Educational Disadvantage

Questions (529)

Noel Coonan

Question:

529. Deputy Noel Coonan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary will qualify for delivering equality of opportunity in schools, DEIS, status; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42788/15]

Written answers

Minister for Education and Skills

As the Deputy may be aware, I have recently commenced a process to renew the DEIS programme. The review process is being undertaken over the course of the current school year and will consider all issues pertaining to educational disadvantage.

I hope to be in a position to make an overall proposal for the delivery of future interventions to tackle educational disadvantage after that. While this process is underway, I do not intend to make any changes to the current programme, including the addition of any further schools.

Home Tuition Scheme Eligibility

Questions (530)

Eoghan Murphy

Question:

530. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of home tuition eligibility (details supplied). [42802/15]

Written answers

Minister for Education and Skills

The purpose of the Home Tuition Scheme is to provide a compensatory educational service for children, who for a number of reasons such as chronic illness, are unable to attend to attend school. The scheme also provides a compensatory educational service for children with special educational needs seeking an educational placement. Provision is also made for early educational intervention for children with autism.

Eligibility for Home Tuition for children with a significant medical condition is assessed having regard to the pupil's attendance levels for the previous school year and, in the main, by reference to a completed medical report.

Based on the information provided in relation to the pupils attendance in the 2014/2015 school year my Department was not in a position to sanction Home tuition.

This decision has been appealed by the parents of the pupil. Further information, in relation to this appeal, has been sought from the pupil's parents by the Special Education Section of my Department.

School Accommodation Provision

Questions (531)

Colm Keaveney

Question:

531. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide funding for the provision of temporary accommodation in the Presentation College, Athenry, County Galway, in order that the school can accept the enrolment of children who have been refused due to the significant excess of demand for places over capacity; if she will intervene with the Industrial Development Agency Ireland to negotiate a withdrawal of its opposition to enable the new school to be constructed on the site the school purchased for that purpose; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42807/15]

Written answers

Minister for Education and Skills

I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department is working closely with Galway County Council to acquire a permanent site for the school to which the Deputy refers. Recent correspondence received by the Department from the Board of Management with regard to the project is currently under consideration. Matters will be kept under review with a view to the progressing of the building project as soon as possible.

I also wish to advise the Deputy that my Department has recently been in contact with the school in question in relation to its accommodation needs. As my Department is satisfied that there are sufficient school places in the area in question to cater for the overall pupil demand, the school was advised that my Department was not in a position to provide further additional accommodation.

I am aware that there were concerns raised by the Industrial Development Agency (IDA) Ireland regarding the proposed development of a site that was purchased by the school authorities. While it is open to the school authorities to engage with IDA Ireland, I do not propose to become involved in such discussions.

Psychological Assessments

Questions (532)

Andrew Doyle

Question:

532. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Education and Skills when the position of a school psychologist will be filled in order to carry out an National Educational Psychological Service assessment for a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42808/15]

Written answers

Minister for Education and Skills

I can inform the Deputy that my Department's National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS) provides educational psychology service to all primary and post primary schools through an assigned NEPS psychologist and in some cases through the Scheme for Commissioning Psychological Assessments (SCPA), full details of which are on the Department's website. Under this scheme schools can have an assessment carried out by a member of the panel of private psychologists approved by NEPS, and NEPS will pay the psychologist the fees for this assessment directly.

In common with many other psychological services and best international practice, NEPS has adopted a consultative model of service. The focus is on empowering teachers to intervene effectively with pupils whose needs range from mild to severe and transient to enduring. Psychologists use a problem solving and solution focused consultative approach to maximise positive outcomes for these pupils. NEPS encourages schools to use a continuum based assessment and intervention process whereby each school takes responsibility for initial assessment, educational planning and remedial intervention for pupils with learning, emotional or behavioural difficulties. Teachers may consult their NEPS psychologist should they need to at this stage in the process. Only in the event of a failure to make reasonable progress, in spite of the school's best efforts in consultation with NEPS, will the psychologist become involved with an individual child for intensive intervention or assessment.

This system allows psychologists to give early attention to urgent cases and also to help many more children indirectly than could be seen individually. It also ensures that children are not referred unnecessarily for psychological intervention.

If the parents of the child referred to in the Deputy's question have concerns about their sons educational development I would suggest that they raise them with the principal of the school concerned with a view to his or her discussing the situation with the local NEPS service.

Student Grant Scheme Delays

Questions (533)

Michael Ring

Question:

533. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on an application for a Student Universal Support Ireland grant, given that this application has been in the queue since 21 October 2015; the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42809/15]

Written answers

Minister for Education and Skills

As part of a comprehensive customer service and communications strategy provided by Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI), to ensure that all necessary avenues are open to applicants to receive the information they need, a dedicated email and phone line service is provided by SUSI for Oireachtas members. This was established to meet an identified need for applicants who choose to engage the assistance of their public representatives in making enquiries about their grant applications.

This service compliments the established channels provided by SUSI which include online application tracking, a dedicated website, a telephone helpdesk, email and social media, including Facebook and Twitter.

Enquiries may be emailed direct to SUSI at [e-mail]. Staff in SUSI are responding to email queries within a matter of days.

If an individual applicant considers that she/he has been unjustly refused a student grant or that the rate of grant awarded is not the correct one, she/he may appeal, in the first instance, to SUSI.

Where an individual applicant has had an appeal turned down in writing by SUSI and remains of the view that the scheme has not been interpreted correctly in his/her case, an appeal form outlining the position may be submitted by the applicant to the independent Student Grants Appeals Board within the required timeframe.

Quality and Qualifications Ireland Administration

Questions (534)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

Question:

534. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Education and Skills the impact of the introduction of Quality and Qualifications Ireland fees on community-based education centres; if she has or if she will commission a regulatory impact assessment report. [42810/15]

Written answers

Minister for Education and Skills

Re-engagement, or the formal agreement of quality assurance with Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI), is a requirement for legacy providers under the 2012 Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) Act. The fees to be applied to legacy providers seeking to re-engage with QQI, such as the organisations referred to by the Deputy, have yet to be determined. The charging of fees to providers is integrally linked with how QQI is implementing its quality assurance and quality improvement role. The principles and policy to inform QQI's application of fees were subject to extensive consultation.

At a meeting hosted by my Department on 9th December 2014 involving representatives from QQI and the community and voluntary sector, it was confirmed that QQI would convene a working group of representatives from the sector to consider the implications of re-engagement for that sector in more detail. It was agreed that 2015 would essentially be a lead-in time for the re-engagement process and that the issue of fees for community and voluntary providers would not therefore arise until 2016.

QQI established a Joint QQI /Community and Voluntary Working Group in partnership with the community and voluntary sector to enable a process of collaboration and engagement with key stakeholders and providers. The working group, which is facilitated by an independent facilitator with extensive experience in the community voluntary sector, had its first meeting on 3rd March 2015, and has subsequently met on 4 other occasions. A further meeting is scheduled for December 2015.

The working group also jointly hosted a consultative event on QQI's quality assurance guidelines and criteria relevant to this sector which took place on 30th June 2015. Through these initiatives, QQI and the community and voluntary sector are engaging on a range of operational, developmental and strategic matters in the specific context of quality assurance and re-engagement. There are no plans to conduct a regulatory impact analysis.

The work of the group will assist QQI in clarifying its operational requirements for future re-engagement with community and voluntary sector organisations.

Student Grant Scheme Delays

Questions (535)

Michael Ring

Question:

535. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on an application for a Student Universal Support Ireland grant; the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42822/15]

Written answers

Minister for Education and Skills

As part of a comprehensive customer service and communications strategy provided by Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI), to ensure that all necessary avenues are open to applicants to receive the information they need, a dedicated email and phone line service is provided by SUSI for Oireachtas members. This was established to meet an identified need for applicants who choose to engage the assistance of their public representatives in making enquiries about their grant applications.

This service compliments the established channels provided by SUSI which include online application tracking, a dedicated website, a telephone helpdesk, email and social media, including Facebook and Twitter.

Enquiries may be emailed direct to SUSI at [e-mail]. Staff in SUSI are responding to email queries within a matter of days.

If an individual applicant considers that she/he has been unjustly refused a student grant or that the rate of grant awarded is not the correct one, she/he may appeal, in the first instance, to SUSI.

Where an individual applicant has had an appeal turned down in writing by SUSI and remains of the view that the scheme has not been interpreted correctly in his/her case, an appeal form outlining the position may be submitted by the applicant to the independent Student Grants Appeals Board within the required timeframe.

Summer Works Scheme Applications

Questions (536)

Brendan Griffin

Question:

536. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Education and Skills if an application under the summer works scheme in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Kerry will be prioritised for funding, given the condition of the school's roof; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42846/15]

Written answers

Minister for Education and Skills

The Deputy will be aware that I recently confirmed the provision of €80 million over 2016 and 2017 for a multi-annual Summer Works Scheme for schools. This funding was initially promised as part of the Budget 2016 investment in schools. The funding will allow schools to carry out small and medium scale building works such as gas, electrical and mechanical works, roof and window upgrades, structural improvements; works that will improve and upgrade existing school buildings.

It is open to schools to prioritise the works they wish to undertake within the terms of the Scheme. Schools can now submit an application to my Department using the online Esinet portal facility. The closing date for receipt of applications has now been extended to 12 noon on Wednesday 2nd December 2015.

I wish to advise the Deputy that commensurate with the level of funding available for the Summer Works Scheme, applications will be assessed on a top down basis in accordance with the prioritisation criteria outlined in the governing Circular Letter for the Scheme. This Circular Letter (0055/2015) is available on my Department's website www.education.ie.

School Enrolments Data

Questions (537)

Mattie McGrath

Question:

537. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she is satisfied with the provision of a secondary education school (details supplied) in Duleek, County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42854/15]

Written answers

Minister for Education and Skills

As the Deputy may be aware, the Duleek area feeds into the post-primary schools in Drogheda. A new post-primary school, Ballymakenny College, opened in September 2014 to cater for the feeder area. The building project for this school, which will cater for 1,000 students, is expected to be completed shortly.

My Department recently completed a nationwide demographic exercise to determine where additional post-primary schools will be needed in 2017 and 2018. This exercise encompassed all areas of the country, including Duleek. On the 17th November last I announced the details of the new post-primary schools to be provided nationwide in 2017 and 2018 as a result of this exercise. I also announced the programme of capital investment in schools running from 2016 to 2021, which will result in the provision of an additional 62,000 school places nationwide.

As part of this announcement, I stated that the demographic data will be kept under ongoing review. Any changes in demographic projections for the Drogheda area, including Duleek, taking into account updated enrolment data and the impact of ongoing and planned expansion of capacity in the area will be kept under review by my Department.

Schools Amalgamation

Questions (538)

Brendan Griffin

Question:

538. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the plan and likely timeframe for the amalgamation of two schools (details supplied); the amount provided for the capital works; the details of the likely capital works; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42894/15]

Written answers

Minister for Education and Skills

As the Deputy is aware, I announced details on Tuesday, 17th November, of the major school building projects that are scheduled to proceed to construction over the next six years, as part of the Government's €2.8 billion capital investment programme.

I am pleased to advise the Deputy that a project for the schools to which he refers was included in this announcement to proceed to construction in the period 2019-21. The project will facilitate the amalgamation of the two primary schools in Dingle. A formal amalgamation proposal has been made to my Department in respect of the schools concerned. My Department is liaising with the schools and their Patron in relation to the amalgamation proposal and also the capital works involved. Information in respect of all schools included in the Six Year Programme is available on the Department's website at www.education.ie

Teaching Contracts

Questions (539)

Regina Doherty

Question:

539. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills how many employees in the primary and secondary school system are classified under a contract of indefinite duration; how many of these are receiving incremental salary payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42899/15]

Written answers

Minister for Education and Skills

All teachers employed under a Contract of Indefinite Duration (CID) receive incremental salary in accordance with the rules governing payment of incremental salary.

The number of post primary teachers paid on the payroll issue of the 26th November 2015 who are employed under a CID is 6,357.

The number of primary teachers being paid on the payroll issue of the 3rd December 2015 who are employed under a CID is 315.

School Accommodation Provision

Questions (540)

Niall Collins

Question:

540. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the urgent need to proceed with an extension at a school (details provided); that this school has sought permission to purchase an adjoining site; and that hardship is being imposed on the pupils. [42945/15]

Written answers

Minister for Education and Skills

I can confirm that my Department is in receipt of an application for additional accommodation that involves the purchase of an adjoining site at the school.

My Department has been in recent contact with the school authorities who have advised that an alternative proposal is to be submitted. Once received, my Department will consider the matter further and will be in direct contact with the school when the assessment process has been completed.

Student Grant Scheme Applications

Questions (541)

Willie Penrose

Question:

541. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will take steps to have an application for a higher education grant by a person (details supplied) dealt with; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42974/15]

Written answers

Minister for Education and Skills

As part of a comprehensive customer service and communications strategy provided by Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI), to ensure that all necessary avenues are open to applicants to receive the information they need, a dedicated email and phone line service is provided by SUSI for Oireachtas members. This was established to meet an identified need for applicants who choose to engage the assistance of their public representatives in making enquiries about their grant applications.

This service compliments the established channels provided by SUSI which include online application tracking, a dedicated website, a telephone helpdesk, email and social media, including Facebook and Twitter.

Enquiries may be emailed direct to SUSI at [e-mail]. Staff in SUSI are responding to email queries within a matter of days.

If an individual applicant considers that she/he has been unjustly refused a student grant or that the rate of grant awarded is not the correct one, she/he may appeal, in the first instance, to SUSI.

Where an individual applicant has had an appeal turned down in writing by SUSI and remains of the view that the scheme has not been interpreted correctly in his/her case, an appeal form outlining the position may be submitted by the applicant to the independent Student Grants Appeals Board within the required timeframe.

Departmental Legal Cases Data

Questions (542)

Billy Timmins

Question:

542. Deputy Billy Timmins asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of legal cases currently ongoing against her Department including State agencies under her aegis; the number of cases that took place during the years 2011 to 2014, inclusive; the cost of those that were contested and what damages were involved; the costs and damages of those that were settled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43264/15]

Written answers

Minister for Education and Skills

The information requested by the Deputy is not readily available in my Department. The information is currently being collated and will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as it is available.

Departmental Staff Data

Questions (543)

Regina Doherty

Question:

543. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of employees under her remit who are classified under a contract of indefinite duration; the number of these who are receiving incremental salary payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43278/15]

Written answers

Minister for Education and Skills

The information requested by the Deputy is contained in the tabular statement below. The following is a tabular statement in relation to the Department of Education & Skills and bodies under its aegis whereby some staff have acquired contract of indefinite duration. It also give details of those contract holders that may qualify for increments where an incremental pay scale applies.

Name of Body	No. of Contracts	Incremental Payscale
Department of Education & Skills	16	16
Quality & Qualification Ireland	5	5
Caranua	1	1
Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse	4	3 (see note below)
Higher Education Authority	2	1 (see note below)
Comhairle um Oideachas Gaeltachta agus Gaelscoilaíochta	0	0
Grangegorman Development Agency	0	0
National Council for Curriculum & Assess	0	0
National Council for Special Education	0	0
Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI)	0	0
SOLAS	0	0
State Examinations Commission	0	0
The Teaching Council	0	0
Residential Institutions Redress Board	0	0
Residential Institutions review Committee	0	0

In the case of one staff member at the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse and one at the Higher Education Authority their contracts are on a single point scale.

Electromagnetic Fields Studies

Questions (544)

Thomas P. Broughan

Question:

544. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will report on any recent initiatives or studies his Department or its agencies have carried out in conjunction with the Department of Health on the health effects of electromagnetic radiation from mobile telephones and given a number of health issues raised by Oireachtas communications committee reports in the Twenty-ninth and Thirtieth Dáileanna Éireann; if he is continuing to monitor those health effects with the Department of Health in respect of the location of mobile telephone masts and the use of mobile telephones by children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42296/15]

Written answers

Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government

My Department has commissioned a study to review and report on international developments on the potential health effects of electro-magnetic fields. This study is examining international research developments in to non-ionising radiation (NIR) and electromagnetic fields (EMF) which have taken place since the publication in 2007 of a report by the then Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources, entitled Health Effects of Electromagnetic Fields.

Representatives from a number of Departments, together with national and international experts, are overseeing the study which is being undertaken by RIVM, the Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment. It is expected that the report will be completed in the near future. The 2007 Report noted that the majority scientific opinion was that no adverse short- or long-term effects have been demonstrated from exposure to electromagnetic fields at levels below the limits recommended by the International Commission on Non-Ionising Radiation Protection (ICNIRP). Extensive international research on the issue continues to be co-ordinated through bodies such as the World Health Organisation.

The Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg), the licensing authority for the telecommunications industry, commissions audit reports to verify that its licensed operators are in compliance with their licence conditions relating to emission limits for non-ionising radiation. The detailed measurement results from over 1, 0 00 transmitter sites surveyed to date have so far shown total compliance. Recorded levels of radio-frequency signals are typically measured as being within the range of 0.002% to 2% of the safe exposure levels set by the ICNIRP guidelines. The location of licensed telecommunications antennae and the results of individual site survey reports can be found on ComReg’s website: http://www.askcomreg.ie/mobile/siteviewer.273.LE.asp.