Noel Dempsey (Meath, Fianna Fail)

Is the Deputy referring to DTT? RTE is a commercial company and is entitled to do that.

The Deputy asked how much the roll-out will cost. I am reluctant to give any kind of estimates until people who know the business well get down to the final stages of preparing estimates and so on. RTE calculated a broad figure a couple of years ago, when it felt it would cost in the region of €160 million.

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