asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs the up-to-date position in regard to the provision of proper television reception in the area of Lehanemore in the Beara peninsula of County Cork.

RTE are aware that reception in the Lehanemore area is less than adequate and hope that modifications which they intend to make to the Caherciveen transposer will improve the position by providing better coverage of RTE 1 and simultaneously making reception of RTE 2 available there. RTE do not expect that it will be possible to have this work done before the end of 1981 and an evaluation of the extent of the improvement of reception in the Lehanemore area cannot be made until the modifications have been made.

The Minister may or may not be aware that this question has been raised in the Dáil and by direct representation to RTE. Do I take it from the manner in which the Minister replied that the work will be done before the end of 1981 or is he putting it the other way round? Can I tell those people that the Minister assures them the work will be done in 1981?

Modifications cannot commence until after a new transposer at Dingle has been brought into service. Then RTE will proceed to do the work. My information from RTE is that they do not expect to have the work finished before 1981.

Will the Dingle job be completed?

The Dingle job has to be completed and the other work follows on after that.

Will all that be completed by 1981?

No. The Dingle job will be, and the other work takes place after the Dingle job has been completed.

Can the Minister indicate what the time scale will be in relation to this work?

The best time scale I have is that it will not be completed before 1981. I will ask RTE for a more definite timetable.

Will the Minister communicate with me about this?

I will.

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