Darren O'Rourke (Meath East, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I thank the witnesses. I want to pick up on where the Chairman left off. Our previous discussions on this issue focused on the gap areas. We have already touched on the frustration of people in terms of the service they are being provided or the lack of service and the piece in terms of the information in that they do not know whether they are two months or seven years away from a good connection. That has implications. It certainly serves to frustrate people.

I will pose some questions to our three witnesses regarding opportunities and potential interim solutions. Some of the latter be long-term and permanent in some instances. What can the Government, this committee and the industry do to maximise the potential of these opportunities? Mr. Campbell referred to the need to secure capacity on the satellites. Who needs to be proactive in that regard? Is it industry or the Government? How do we make it happen? In terms of what was set out by each of the contributors, is there a risk that you are banking on the wrong technology and that you have committed to a technology that will be surpassed in six or 12 months' time? I would welcome their opinions in that regard.

My question is what do we need to do maximise the potential opportunities that are there for us with the different technologies, be that satellite, GEOs, LEOs or the Starlink? In respect of the fixed wireless access to which Mr. Carvalho referred, how do we maximise that opportunity? What does Government and the industry need to do to realise the potential of that? I ask each of the witnesses, starting with Mr. Campbell, to respond.