Communications Marine & Natural Resources

175. Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views on an anomaly in the planning and development regulations 2001, whereby mobile phone base stations may not be installed on educational facilities, child care facilities or hospitals without planning permission, but may be installed on public or commercial buildings directly adjacent to such facilities without any planning permission; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that this is inconsistent not only with the latest recommendations of the UK independent expert group on mobile phones, but with his own advice to Dáil Éireann in 2004 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9545/05]

196. Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the details of the recorded sea lice levels in the area of salmon farms in Killary Harbour in each of the months from December 2004 to February 2005, inclusive. [8608/05]

192. Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the agenda for the preparatory meeting for the UN open-ended informal consultative process on oceans and the law of the sea dealing with fisheries, sustainable development and marine debris on 16 March 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8573/05]

Mr. Sargent: De réir an fhreagra a thug an tAire Stáit, má fanfaimid fada go leor, ní mbeidh gá leis an infrastructúr atá riachtanach don teicneolaíocht atá i gceist. Does the Minister of State expect people to invest in personal computers when the infrastructural environment in which those expensive pieces of technology perform best - in other words, broadband - is not fully in place?

101.Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when his Department?s attention was drawn to the quantified risk assessment for the Corrib upstream gas pipeline commissioned or carried out by a company (details supplied) on behalf of Enterprise Energy Ireland. [8402/05]

75.Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if it is intended that a joint agreement be signed with a private developer to construct residential units in the Digital Hub in return for a share of future rental income; if so, the nature of such an agreement and when he expects it will be confirmed; the alternative model which will be put in place to develop the residential units promised as part of the Digital Hub project failing the use of such a development model; the number of residential units which will be built; and the projected time for their completion. [8276/05]

50.Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has satisfied himself that he has the necessary time and resources to respond within the one month deadline to the request by the European Commission for greater transparency on the application of public funding by RTE to public service broadcasting purposes; the timeframe within which the Government has to comply with the recommendations set out in the Commission?s letter; and the consequences for failing to meet those recommendations. [8277/05]

39.Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when and the way in which he will be authorised to issue directions to the energy regulator on matters of energy and electricity policy. [8284/05]

29.Mr. Gogarty asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has considered commissioning independent research on the possible future availability and price of oil to the Irish market in view of the fact that international oil prices are again approaching a price of $55 a barrel. [8279/05]

13.Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when he will make a decision on future support mechanisms for renewable energy generators. [8280/05]