Marc MacSharry (Sligo-Leitrim, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Indeed. On 27 February, the Taoiseach said in the Dáil that the cost of the national broadband scheme would be "many multiples" of what was originally anticipated. He indicated, as Mr. Griffin did in his opening statement, that he expected the decision would be made before Easter. The original indication in 2012 was that €355 million to €512 million would be the spread of anticipated expenditure. That was to connect 800,000 homes and premises generally. The Taoiseach has indicated it will be many multiples of those costs and we are now talking about 540,000 homes and premises. Will Mr. Griffin shed some light on that?