Ms Carolan Lennon:

No. The 300,000 which we are now building and which will be complete by June is pushing into rural areas. The investment announced on Monday relates to urban and semi-urban areas, that is, towns of over 1,000 premises. The Deputy is correct. We are over-building our copper network with fibre. It is future-proofed technology, which will serve Ireland well into the future up to 10 GB.