Michael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Independent) | Oireachtas source

With regard to broadband, has ComReg done any analysis in the west of Ireland? Are broadband speeds in the west of Ireland as a region lower than in the east, in Dublin and so on? Reference was made to the number of houses getting better broadband; the number mentioned was 2.3 million, which I believe includes businesses. How many of these are in Dublin and the east coast, and what is ComReg proposing to do about towns outside Dublin and rural parts of Ireland? Some of the operators - Eir, Vodafone, etc. - have not yet reached the targets that they set out. What does ComReg propose to do with them to make sure that smaller towns, in order to survive, will have proper broadband coverage, and can the witnesses make a statement here and now on the matter? I believe that there must be a specified speed of broadband per house in the EU by 2020. What speed rates will ComReg guarantee for every house in Ireland within five years?