Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Yes. A photograph of me was taken while I was being told this so I told the photographer to make sure a caption was put under it to explain that I was arguing with the NBI official about the low level of take-up and the fact that only 15,000 premises were connected. I have great concerns about this. We have got involved in this scheme and it seems that, where the national broadband plan network is being rolled out, people are saying that they are okay and have a good service with another provider already. By any standards, this level of uptake, 23%, is very low. I know it is early days-----