Eamon Ryan (Dublin South, Green Party)

I do not have a map of the digital spillover, but I am told there will be a certain amount. As I said in my first answer, the key development is that we have built the network that will cover that section of the country. Subject to contract negotiations and agreement, it should be possible for us to get services up and running quickly so that the channels are available to people. They will not get them in the same way as they do in the current situation, where they are free and the overspill exists on the basis of geography. Obviously, the commercial multiplexes or whatever system is created under the final contract arrangements will charge for access to certain services, so the position will not be the same. However, we must have our own digital terrestrial platform and I believe that will be achieved.

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