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

We will correspond with Mr. Hendrick in terms of the engagement with NBI. We will discuss this as a committee. There is obviously ongoing engagement at local level. For us, it is very simple. We are here, as a committee, to ensure that broadband is rolled out as quickly as possible. We also have a remit to protect the public purse. We thank Mr. Hendrick, Mr. Malone and Ms Collins for attending today's meeting and engaging with us. We look forward to further engagement. Mr. Hendrick will appreciate the intervention area is a huge issue for us. We welcome the fact that you are starting to do something on that in the first quarter next year.

Mr. Hendrick will appreciate that the intervention areas are a major issue for the committee. We welcome that NBI is to start something in that area in the first quarter of next year. Perhaps it will provide further details on specific areas of the country as the process evolves in order that we can put flesh on it. Members look forward to continuing engagement at the committee with Mr. Hendrick and his colleagues.

The next meeting of the joint committee will be held in private on Tuesday, 21 September.