Cathal Crowe (Clare, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

National Broadband Ireland is like the ESB in rolling out a large nationwide network. At this time of the year, when ESB cables are down, it has a large team to get the networks back up again. National Broadband Ireland has many overground cables in its network, some of which will come down over the winter due to storms. With a workforce of 800, boots on the ground, has it an equal capacity to that of the ESB to enable it to patch up the network?