Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

Then we are into the scenario where there was no tendering process. We went through that this morning. I have my views on it but that is neither here nor there. I will move on. I do not know if Mr. Mulligan can give us the information but he mentioned the connection cost being €100 per household, irrespective of where it is in the country. I do not dispute that everybody should have access to broadband. How it is delivered is the point at issue, including how it is delivered quickly, effectively and sustainably into the future in terms of bandwidths and so forth. However, there is clearly a sizeable difference in the actual cost when one gets to the final 15% of hard to reach households that are not commercial. Does he have a general figure for that? A household on a hillside is very different from a terraced house on a housing estate. Is there a general figure for that or is that in the cost-benefit analysis?