Mr. Mark Griffin:

This is an example where good news becomes very frustrating for people. I suspect that the house in Connemara to which the has Deputy referred is one that will be provided with a service as part of the eir 300,000 initiative agreed to in April. A service will be provided for close to 20,000 houses in Galway under that arrangement. The house beside it falls to be dealt with as part of the State's broadband intervention. We expect it to be put out to tender very early in 2018, to award the tender during the year and then commence its roll-out. I cannot give the Deputy a date for when the person in Connemara who is 100 m from the other individual will have their connection, but it will be within three years of the date on which the project commences. A prioritisation scheme will be put in place, but I cannot give a date. I can only say it will form part of the State's intervention programme.