Joe Carey (Clare, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister for engaging with the committee. Turning to broadband and the ongoing roll-out of the national broadband contract, I welcome the progress made to date. There is an information deficit, however. It would be useful if people yearning for broadband had information on what is happening. That is particularly the case now when so many people are working from home. Those people need to know when they will be enabled. It would be useful if the Minister could inform the counties in the intervention areas about when they will be enabled with broadband and break down that information into detail about different counties. That would allow those counties to plan in advance.

I receive many representations every day from people in different parts of County Clare asking when they will receive broadband. I would like to hear the Minister's response on that question. We need to look ahead and plan. The contract has been awarded and the roll-out is under way, but people need to know when they will get broadband in their areas.