Martin Heydon (Kildare South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

As for the cost of some of these implementations, this obviously is a perfect example of the State engaging with the private sector and trying to encourage it along. Is there a budget within the Minister's remit to help to implement some of these measures? I know there is a 700 MHz band with RTE on which we need to expand. Is the Minister confident that the private operators are going to work with the Minister to address these issues? Does the Minister get a sense from the private operators that they accept that the issue has deteriorated and that mobile phone coverage has become an issue, particularly in rural parts of Ireland and in south County Kildare?

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