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

Just yesterday, I received a presentation from a representative from Eir. That representative mentioned the roll-out of the old land lines, which were copper rather than fibre-optic cable. The representative said that if there are good copper lines – many of them are old – up to 80 Mbps or 100 Mbps could be achieved. Are these lines all to be replaced with the fibre-optic lines? It sounds phenomenal to me. It involves an awful lot of money.