Denis Naughten (Roscommon-Galway, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I appreciate that. When I was a Minister, I brought all Deputies and Senators to a room here in Leinster House and explained this issue to them. However, it has not been reported back that way. Both Departments have been putting this out into the public domain, as have I, but it is not getting traction. My point is that a proactive approach must be taken urgently before these homes are bypassed. Very soon people will be contacting Deputy Kerrane and Deputy Ó Cuív and saying that National Broadband Ireland came and went and they were not included because they did not report that they had a problem with their broadband.

If I am having a problem with my broadband and I live in a dark blue zone and they have to come back to resolve it, that has a direct impact on communities in the more peripheral areas, which is the point that Deputy Ó Cuív was making earlier. Most of the peripheral locations are not, as perceived, on the west coast. Deputy Kerrane's constituency and my constituency are the most difficult locations to reach and it is the people in those communities who are going to be left behind if we have to go back in respect of these areas. It is in everyone's interests that people check the website and take note of whether they are located in dark blue zones. If they are and they are not getting the 30 Mbps, they should report that now.