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

We have done that. Just as a start, I have identified three buildings. In one case, funding has already been secured from one of the local development companies, so the funding is available. We are finding that the response is extremely slow. This is an area in which, as I said, there are 900 children in the local primary schools. There are also a lot of people who are now working from home because they have young families and so on but they cannot get broadband. I am looking for that to be reviewed and for that to be dealt with in a timely manner, rather than having to wait until 2025.

May I raise one other issue? It relates to areas which are on the borderline between areas zoned as blue and areas zoned as amber. I know of a number of cases, including one case where broadband is available in an area but Eir will not connect four houses which are within 100 yd of that area.

Can we not engage with Eir where there is a borderline between blue and amber areas to connect houses that are close together?