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

I will answer Deputy Stanley's question first. The Deputy is correct that most people who buy a television subsequently connect to a service. This was a question I put to my own officials after I was appointed as Minister and if we could get access to that database. I understand that my predecessors had sought access to that database and were not able to access it. I am open to correction on this, but I suspect that the general data protection regulation, GDPR, has made it even more difficult rather than easier.

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