Mr. Mark Griffin:

We await the companies' bids in terms of the tender process. We would hope that the programme proposed by the commercial companies would be ambitious and that we could achieve the greatest level of coverage within the shortest possible timeframe. If the Deputy is asking what percentage of people I expect to be covered within the first 12 months, I cannot give a straight answer on that. There are 700,000 properties to be delivered with broadband infrastructure over a three to five year period. This means that, on average, 150,000 properties will need to receive broadband coverage each year.