Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I will do that to the best of my ability. I agree that we should provide whatever information we can. We must be conscious, however, to not to give false promises. We have not yet started rolling out broadband to houses. We must see how delivery is working and get a better idea of the timing in respect of this project. I understand that negotiations are still ongoing, for example, regarding the use of ESB or Eir poles in certain locations. Much of the work done to date is surveying, and that was done with a view to establishing how it will be best to manage the rest of the project. One of the reasons, therefore, that the information is not yet available is because those decisions have not been made. Significant survey work was required to map out each individual connectivity situation.