Colm Burke (Cork North Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the guests this morning for their presentation. I had better turn down my monitor. I had it on because I am due to speak in the Dáil. In respect of the roll-out of hubs in rural areas, which I know is not necessarily under the Department's remit, we now see a great delay in the roll-out of broadband connections. We are way off target. I wonder about ways to deal with that issue. In one area in my constituency, there are more than 900 children who go to primary school. Despite this, a large part of the area does not have any broadband. We are looking for a broadband hub to be put in the immediate area. The roll-out of hubs is very important to give people access to broadband services. How can we reconsider this whole area and fast-track it because there are so many people working from home who cannot get access to broadband services?