Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 27 September 2012
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications
Digital Switchover: Discussion
12:05 pm
Mr. Michael Keogh:
I will respond to the questions raised; however, I did not take note of the names of the individuals who raised them.
The word "virtual" has been a cause of concern. Let me give an example of a house built under the north-facing slope of a mountain and hidden from a satellite. It is built in an area that cannot receive terrestrial television services. I imagine that across the country there are between 100 and 200 houses in which it will not be possible for the residents to receive a satellite signal or a signal from Saorview. Without going to all 1.6 million houses, I cannot say where these houses are located. If a house never catches the sun, which rises in the east and sets in the west-----
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