Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Some of the contributions made gave the impression there is no broadband anywhere. We need to balance our comments. There is a very good broadband service available in some towns and villages, but the service is patchy. I did not have the opportunity to read the announcement made yesterday, but we have had numerous initiatives over the past ten or 12 years in regard to rolling out broadband. Perhaps it is an issue of co-ordination and perhaps an onus should be placed on telecommunications providers to provide broadband to every house in the country.