Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)

The Deputy is right to suggest that these are valuable State assets. There are crainn cumarsáide at 149 locations, but just 51 locations are needed to transmit digital terrestrial television. That does not mean it is as simple as subtracting one from the other. Quite a few of these facilities are used for other purposes. I assure the Deputy there is no question of interfering with other functions, such as radio or mobile and fixed telephone services that are used for broadband purposes. I do not rule out the possibility of using these masts for additional services after the switch-off.

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