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Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Tuesday, 3 Dec 1985

Vol. 362 No. 5

Written Answers. - Confiscation of TV Equipment.

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asked the Minister for Communications if he is aware of the concern of the people of the Kilmacthomas area, County Waterford, regarding the confiscation of the multi-channel TV equipment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Officials of my Department, on foot of a court order, recently seized equipment believed to be apparatus for wireless telegraphy which was part of an unlicensed system for rebroadcasting British television signals located near Kilmacthomas in County Waterford. The question of prosecution under the Wireless Telegraphy Acts, 1926 to 1972, is now being considered.

While people who were receiving television signals from the system may feel a sense of grievance the position is that systems which rebroadcast television signals operate in breach of the Wireless Telegraphy Acts and copyright legislation. As indicated previously in reply, by myself and my predecessor, to questions on this subject and by way of public advertisements in newspapers during the past year, these systems are liable to be seized and their operators are liable to prosecution at any time.

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