Mr. Peter Hendrick:

I thank Deputy Lowry. I will start by giving an update in terms of the contract. I can tell the Deputy today that the contract is solid. We have all of the funding committed and in place for the project. We have established a contract liaison board with the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications. We have proactive engagement on a daily basis with the Department in management and oversight of the contract.

We are meeting all of our contractual milestones, which have real meaning in terms of contract governance and contract oversight of the project. At the end of the day, people care less about the contract and more about whether we are building, and connecting homes. We would not be building the network if we had not met our first critical milestones in the contract. With confidence, I can say the contract is solid.

Moving on to the gaps, when I look at this project it is about partnerships. It is about collaboration. It is not only about the 800 people we have on board. It is about our infrastructure partners, and Eir is a critical infrastructure partner. That programme is working quite well with Eir. Eir has fully mobilised and we are working together in terms of access to and use of its infrastructure and making sure our teams and our subcontractors are aligned.

It does not stop with Eir. It equally means our engagement with the local authorities. Perhaps I will hand over to Mr. Malone.