Rose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I thank the witnesses very much for their presentations. Useful questions have been asked. Regarding mobile telephone coverage, is there a measure or mapping of the households, estates and areas that do not have it? What advice can they give to people who do not have coverage? There are many, even within the county town of Castlebar in Mayo, who do not have mobile telephone coverage. What role can departmental officials play in rectifying that?

What control do we have over the pricing and affordability of the retail services? Could Mr. Mulligan comment on the splitting of villages in the roll-out of broadband? If there are ten houses in a village and it is split down the middle, half will get broadband and the other half will not. In some cases, people are being told they will have to wait three to four years. That is causing great frustration for them. I do not understand the reason for it. Why would an entire village not be taken together?

Eir representatives were before us a few weeks ago. They promised to set up an Oireachtas line where we could talk to a human being about representations we received, but that has still not been done. All of us have many outstanding cases for Eir, but we cannot get anybody to talk to. Could the departmental officials play a role in helping us to resolve the issue?

Who will own the broadband infrastructure at the end of the 25 years?