Eamon Ryan (Dublin South, Green Party)

I do accept responsibility but my responsibility starts with letting the legislative process which has been put in place work. That lies with the BAI. I have supported the authority and will give it the room to do its work. If it fails and the process cannot be worked through, it will be back to myself and the Department to find a solution; and we will find one. While I understand Deputy Coveney's argument that we should try to wait for the commercial process, I wanted to make it clear and certain that, come what may, we are switching off our analogue system. That was one of the reasons behind the decision to signal RTE to start switching on the transmission system, which is in place, at the end of October this year. We have already spent the significant volumes needed to put in the mast and other equipment.

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