Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 1580: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide a voucher or discount for low income persons who have to buy a digital box or new TV set to receive Digital Terrestrial Television. [33212/10]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin South, Green Party)
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My Department has set up a Digital Switchover Steering Group combining those organisations with key responsibilities for the digital terrestrial television rollout and the analogue switch-off processes. The purpose of the Group is to make the timely decisions needed to keep the analogue switch-off process in Ireland on track for completion by October 2012. The Steering Group currently comprises representatives from my Department, RTÉ, RTÉNL, the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland and ComReg.

No decision has been made on the availability of a subsidy fund for digital receivers. This matter may need to be considered by the Government as the date for analogue switch off in 2012 approaches. In this regard the work of the Steering Group will help inform any such consideration.