Joe O'Toole (Independent)

I refer the House to section 142(1) of the Bill which states:

(1) Subject to the exceptions mentioned below, a person shall not keep or have in his or her possession anywhere in the territory of the State a television set save in so far as such keeping or possession is authorised by a television licence for the time being in force.

I will repeat my question. Have the inmates of Portlaoise Prison a licence for each of their plasma screens? I note the televisions were returned to them recently by the authorities. Do they have licences for those sets? It is a reasonable question and I want to know whether they are being treated in some exceptional manner that does not apply to ordinary people. I think I am entitled to an answer to that question and then we can move on from there.