Question follow-through · 6604
Internet: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of developing a unique IP address for Northern Ireland residents to prevent geo blocking of Irish sports coverage from Ireland.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- Tabled
- 4 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 8 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 14 Oct 2024 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Culture, media and sport
- Internet: Northern Ireland · 21 Feb 2025
- BBC Radio: Ireland · 25 Mar 2025
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Written Questions · 17 Apr 2025
- Journalism · 27 Jun 2025
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Recorded timeline
4 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of developing a unique IP address for Northern Ireland residents to prevent geo blocking of Irish sports coverage from Ireland.
8 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 Oct 2024
Answer published
The Government recognises the importance of residents of Northern Ireland being able to access coverage of important sporting and other cultural events that are relevant to communities across the island of Ireland.While decisions on the coverage of sporti...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Internet: Northern Ireland
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BBC Radio: Ireland
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