Gerry Horkan (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Is the State going to spend a fortune on technology that will be out of date by the time people get it? Will the technology being offered by the witnesses improve so rapidly it will be as good as what we say is the gold standard or, as the Chair said, the PCR test in terms of fibre. Will fibre be needed in five years' time? We used to think digital subscriber lines or copper were amazingly good until we got fibre. Is the State going to spend huge amounts of money bringing services to people who, in some cases, do not want it and, in others, absolutely need it, and by the time they get it, it could have been done far more cheaply and quickly in a different way?