Mr. Jeremy Godfrey:

We do not have a mandate to tell people where to invest, so the decisions they make in dark blue or light blue areas are commercial decisions for the operators concerned. The remaining amber area will get filled in through the national broadband plan and the precise details of this are a matter for the Department. It is not really for us to second-guess the commercial decisions and tell people where to invest. Where they do invest, our role is to ensure it is not just Eir that is able to provide service but other operators can also provide service in those dark blue and light blue areas. As Mr. O'Brien said, we are resetting the rules. We have proposed reductions in prices to access certain aspects of the eir network. We cannot tell people where to invest as that is their commercial decision. Areas where it is not commercial for them to invest fall within the scope of the national broadband plan.