Mr. Peter Hendrick:

On the Eircode postcodes, I totally appreciate there is a three-month period between An Post updating the addresses and handing over to Eircode, and then a delay of a month in getting a postcode. On our side, we will seek to connect homes based on addresses. We will not delay for the four-month period; we will accept an update in terms of addresses on our system.

With regard to surveys in the blue area, we totally appreciate and understand the demand for broadband, particularly because of people working remotely owing to Covid. Regarding awareness and communication, if a van is seen in an area it means we are at the stage of a survey, which means that within a number of weeks or a short number of months, we will move towards design.

Once the design is completed, that goes into a build programme and we can then share that information. When one starts to see National Broadband Ireland vans in one's area, one can have confidence that at least one will get visibility soon in terms of when the network will be built and we can share that information. Once one sees the vans, we are not just driving off. That information is being taken back where we can do low-level designs and then inform a build programme.