Paschal Mooney (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I will not keep the witnesses. I am curious about a number of issues.

Will these proposals have a negative impact on small and medium-sized enterprises? I ask in the context of the reference made in the presentation about how there would be access to buildings, private property and so on. As for the appeals panel, will it cost much and what will be its powers? The witnesses have outlined to a degree how the system will work when there are contesting parties. Another interesting point is the Commission has chosen a regulation instead of a directive in this regard, which is significant. Do the witnesses have an opinion on the reason for this choice? In addition, while Mr. Dillon stated this proposal complies with Ireland's policy on the expansion of broadband, would this not be better achieved at member state rather than European-wide level? While I do not wish to go into the subject matter of that policy at present, it appears to be somewhat selective in its roll-out, in that where I come from in County Leitrim, we probably will end up being the last area to get it because of our lack of population density. There are a number of other things but I do not wish to take up the time of the meeting. Deputy Colreavy has covered an immense amount of issues in that regard.