Denis Naughten (Roscommon-Galway, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The quality of service is something I raised specifically with ComReg when I became Minister. It has not received the scale of complaints that it should have received based on what I was receiving as complaints in my own constituency. That is why I would actively encourage people to first contact their operator. If they are not satisfied with the response, they should contact ComReg about it and make a formal complaint, because that is important in order for us to progress these issues.

On the 700 MHz spectrum band, I have allocated €8 million in 2017 to allow RTE to commence the process of decommissioning the broadcast equipment that is on that spectrum. RTE will complete the work in 2018, which will release that spectrum to allow it to be auctioned off. It would be my preference that it would be auctioned on the basis of geographic coverage rather than population coverage.

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