Joe McHugh (Donegal North East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I acknowledge the research the Minister of State and his Department have done in this subject. He has provided options. Locally, there are concerns and what we are trying to do here is reassure people. There seem to be options albeit more expensive ones which comes back to the fairness issue. If this continues to be an issue, I acknowledge there is an option for the Minister to pass it on to RTENL.

Sometimes we take for granted certain services. There is a concern that if Saorsat is not in an area, it could take 12 months to commission. I welcome the fact the Minister is keeping an open line. I accept he does not have a direct influence with RTE but at the same time, people do bump into each other and they could highlight an issue.

Those from Meenavanaghan, Cross and Lemacrossan who did not get tickets for last Sunday's All-Ireland football final watched it on their old television sets with excellent coverage.

Like the good people of Kerry, once one all-Ireland final is over, we start thinking about the next one. I hope they will be in a position to avail of coverage of the all-Ireland final in 12 months time. I am not predicting who will be in it, but it is important that they have coverage.

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