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‹ Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - RTE Reception. Restrictions on boosting RTE signals
Summary
Gibbons asked whether an international agreement barred broadcasting in Northern Ireland. The Minister said deliberately increasing signal strength to reach another territory without its consent was prohibited, and confirmed that an extra booster had received a negative answer.
Will the Minister state if he is prohibited by an international agreement from broadcasting in the Six Counties?
Comment on this
The Minister would be prohibited by international agreement from increasing the strength of our signal here, if it were being done deliberately to send in a signal to another territory, without the consent of the recipients. This arose under the previous Government and they received a negative answer on the matter.