Kieran O'Donnell (Limerick City, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The witnesses have spoken about accelerating the process. Is the figure of 544,000 premises correct? The only figure I have seen as a target is 115,000 premises connected by the end of next year, which is 2021. Will the witnesses give an indication of specific targets per year beyond that? The programme is currently seven years so how quickly could it be fast-tracked? Could it be brought back to five years? The chairman of the group, Mr. McCourt, is on record with Reuters saying he is confident it could be pulled back. I will put that to the test today.