Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Apart from the fact that farms have a particular need, because they are operational businesses, to be able to source high-speed broadband, such a target would be indicative because one of the fears this committee and others have expressed is that NBI is, perhaps, moving ahead with the low-hanging fruit, so to speak, such as clusters of dwellings and other areas where there might be large numbers of homes in relatively close proximity. Perhaps that figure in respect of farms would give us a sense as to whether we are getting to the more peripheral areas.