Eamon Ryan (Dublin South, Green Party)

The possibility of using the mobile phone infrastructure to broadcast messages to the public in the event of an emergency has been considered by my Department. Initial discussions with the industry indicate that this is not a simple task and that the infrastructure is not designed to broadcast short message service messages simultaneously to all users of the mobile phone network. It is proposed to have further engagement with industry to explore these technical limitations and to examine the feasibility of how messages can be delivered to the public during emergencies using mobile phone infrastructure.

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