Ms Carolan Lennon:

Potentially, it does. If the 300,000 for which we had a commercial case were still in the NBP, we believe, based on our analysis, that it would require a subsidy. We had a case to make, that we could do it cheaper than if it was part of the NBP process. Second, the subsidy required for the NBP is based on two things: how quickly one can do it and how many people are in it. If other network developments happen at the same time and people avail of a fixed wireless solution, a satellite solution or whatever else, potentially, that will reduce the number of people who are in it. However, building a fibre connection to the home network is a long-term investment. As it is future proofed, we will not look at our business case in the next two years. We expect the level of uptake to grow over time, but undoubtedly that will make an impact on the subsidy.