Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)

I raised this issue more than a year ago because I was concerned the tendering process to provide a commercial DTT service was collapsing, following the pull-out of Boxer which had won the competition. I am not asking the Minister to interfere with the competitive tendering process. However, will he recognise the tendering process put in place two years ago to ensure a commercial DTT operation and to facilitate the viability of a free-to-air service will not achieve this?

It is my understanding the negotiations between OneVision and RTE have broken down.

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