Rose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

It relates to the broadband task force. It is not only broadband. It refers to mobile telephones as well. The Minister will know that there are many areas in Mayo where there is no mobile telephone coverage. Can the Department play any role in that? I am not simply talking about remote rural areas. I am talking about within the Castlebar circle too. There are estates where people have to go out and sit in cars or walk up the road to make a call. It matters besides the inconvenience and the health and safety issues for individuals. It is relevant for the Atlantic economic corridor and attracting investment and so on. If a chief executive of a company is going from A to B and he or she cannot connect on a mobile telephone, it acts as a deterrent from operating within that area. Has the Minister thought about mobile telephone coverage within any of the schemes?