Ms Carolan Lennon:

That is what we announced recently. The rural build, the 300,000, is fibre to the home. Due to the way we have built our towns in Ireland so many cabinets would be needed that it is more economical to bring a direct connection to the home. If I am going to pass four homes on a four mile road and have a cabinet there I might as well go straight down and connect people directly.

What we have done up to now in urban areas and cities is fibre to the cabinet but we have recently announced that we are going to bring fibre to the home in those cities and urban areas, that is 1.4 million homes. That is our future-proof strategy.