Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

Yes. Looking at other similar exercises whereby big broadband plans are rolled out, there is often a period when all the operational issues are teased out. The first six months or the first year are delayed, but then, when it is done right - and both the Department and NBI are doing it right with local authorities - one can accelerate. The metaphor I would use is the vaccine programme. During the early stages people were saying we were behind the UK, slow and so on, but we were getting it right and then, when it mattered, we were able to accelerate and overtake the UK. The same will happen with the NBP.