Mr. John Paul Feeley:

Mr. Doyle presented a map which shows the areas where there is a lack of broadband, which effectively covers all of the county. One of the problems with expenditure is that it is done on the basis of serving a specific amount of population. There have been various schemes over the years - Deputy Ó Cuív is familiar with the CLÁR scheme - which targeted areas where there was a substantial amount of territory but very few people in order to ensure some level of investment was directed towards them. Whether it is the national broadband scheme or investment in roads, that type of targeted investment in order to give areas something of a lift is absolutely essential.