Question follow-through · 32237
Internet: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has written to her counterpart in the new Irish government on the creation of a unique IP address for Northern Ireland residents.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- Tabled
- 21 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 25 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 18 Mar 2025 · 25 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
21 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has written to her counterpart in the new Irish government on the creation of a unique IP address for Northern Ireland residents.
25 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Mar 2025
Answer published
Further to my response of 14 October 2024 to question 6604, my officials have subsequently discussed the issue of geoblocking with their counterparts in both the Northern Ireland Executive and the Irish Government. Those discussions are ongoing. Following...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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