Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 27 January 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

National Broadband Plan Update: National Broadband Ireland

Photo of James O'ConnorJames O'Connor (Cork East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Yes, exactly. I must say that I got a bit of a laugh as she explained that the place is in a very isolated area. The text said that she is living in this area with a very poor telephone reception. I understand that in community centres, schools and other public buildings in which NBI has done its intervention, it requires text messages to be sent to the people in that area, in order to access the service with a code. The point she made, which I thought was a very good one, is that she is in an area where there is zero reception. I do not know how she sent me the text but I thought it was an interesting point. Is there something that can be done - I note our briefing documents indicated there is up to €120 million that has not been drawn down from investors yet - in those areas where there is, quite frankly, a blackout in telephone reception, to deal with that or to make the system to some degree more accessible? That is a concern and is very simple question. Is it something that NBI can look at?

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