Mr. Tom Healy:

In terms of an estimate, I am afraid nothing comes to mind. I have argued that we need a full fibre replacement of the existing copper network. I can describe how extremely patchy it is. In one area of Connemara one can get a 4G signal which is automatically a 25 Mb download, whereas if I go to the north municipal district there is an entire valley near Cong where nobody can get phone or wireless broadband. There is no provider there. To the best of my knowledge, those people still have no serious broadband availability. The network is extremely patchy.