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

You accept that. Second, what is Eir doing to remedy that? When will it be done and how is it doing it?

Moving to broadband, the gap intervention areas are, as you are well familiar, areas where Eir provided fibre broadband and then discontinued. We had representatives of National Broadband Ireland, NBI, before us this time last week. They are agreeable to working with Eir to see if it can effectively speed up the connection of these gap intervention areas, where there are customers who are looking over their ditch at their neighbours with broadband, into the Eir fibre network. Is Eir willing to discuss such an arrangement with National Broadband Ireland to connect these people who have been left out in the cold by Eir? We have been in touch many times, trying to get the extended connection. Eir was doing it for a period but certainly over the past year or two that changed. I put those two questions. What is Eir doing to remedy the complaints about wait times so people can get access to Eir? It is a communications company so by definition it should be promoting quick access. Second, will Eir work with National Broadband Ireland to look to expedite connection of the people in the gap areas, where there is Eir network literally 100 yd. up the road, or less? Will Eir work with National Broadband Ireland to allow it to connect them to Eir's fibre?