Bobby Aylward (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I want to ask about technology. Fibre-optic cable seems to be the priority. One hears on the grapevine that there is new technology coming on stream the whole time, and some speak about satellite. Will what we are doing now be outdated in five years? I realise technology keeps progressing but there is talk that there could be satellite coverage. I do not know whether that is probable. I would not be well up enough to know but-----