Mr. Patrick Neary:

NBI has gone to every operator in the market and asked for potential solutions to address specific scenarios. One of the scenarios is exactly what the Deputy represented, that being, if Eir or another commercial operator's fibre is going past a particular home, can NBI extend it to address that home? Five companies have been shortlisted as part of the process. NBI is anticipating that it will start piloting the implementation of solutions for scenarios like that early next year. If the pilot is successful, it could be rolled out to a greater number. It could potentially include point-to-point solutions from wireless solutions. Where the best and most feasible solution to a scenario in the shorter term is point-to-point from a wireless provider and if there is an opportunity to do so, then that will be on the table through the process in question.