Mr. Fergal Mulligan:

I am sorry Deputy but we are hearing this in every constituency and have been for the past four or five years. That is where Mr. Neary and his team do a significant, in-depth analysis of every housing estate, road and boreen in the country to establish whether something is commercial or not and this is done in consultation with the industry.

The Deputy is correct in that this is an issue and is one across every county and townland in Ireland. The response from Eir, and not just Eir but from any commercial operator, is that there are instances where it is simply non-commercial for them to connect-----