Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Grand. I will finish on this item. Members will indulge me on the issue of the RTÉ2 +1 channel. We have brilliant news. The letter states:

In June 2018, RTÉ made a formal request to the Department for the extension of RTE One+ 1 service and the introduction of a new service, RTE2 +1. The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) was asked to conduct a Sectoral Impact Assessment on the proposal and the Department also conducted a stakeholder consultation.

Following consideration of the BAI Report and the outcome of the stakeholder consultation, the Minister approved the proposed extension of RTE One +1 service and the introduction of RTE2 +1 service in December 2018.

That is obviously just a number of weeks ago so now I will be asking RTÉ when we can see it on air.

The next item is No. 11 on mobile coverage. Members will be very interested in that note and the information about black spots around the country and repeaters for improving the signal which is referred to. The Commission for Communications Regulation, ComReg, says it does not gather information about how many are in existence. We will note and publish that correspondence.