Mr. Éanna Ó Conghaile:

That is possible, although the decision has not been made about the form of the tender. There are a number of parts to the whole operation. There is issuing and sale, detection, enforcement and maintenance of the database. Whether they all form part of one tender or separate tenders must be decided. The Minister has been very clear that he wants the role of the post offices to be maintained in terms of being a sales point for television licences and they would benefit from the commission related to the sales of licences in that way.