Ruairí Ó Murchú (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

So, we are looking at something in the near future, call it a pilot or whatever. Obviously there are necessary moves that would need to happen.

We are also dealing with An Post in this meeting. While everybody welcomes the allocated money, is it sufficient to ensure the sustainability of the post office network?

My other question relates to the national broadband plan. We are all aware of the significant investment in that. We are finally at a place where the targets are looking to be met. I hope I am not jinxing myself in relation to that. We have always talked about acceleration. Initially we had discussed the seven-year project being five years but now I believe that all stakeholders would say that it is probably more realistic to say it will be six years. There will be a huge reliance on Eir. I am aware there are legal issues around what NBI calls the self-install product. That would give it the facility to do more of those pieces of work itself. It is about Eir providing a greater level of capacity to NBI or allowing it to do this. Again, I am aware there are some legal issues. Where is the engagement at? Are we any closer to delivering a six-year project?