Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

In fairness to the Chair when he was Minister, a decision was made to make a physical roll-out of fibre into every house and business in the country. The Government adopted that and it has been rolled out. There is a physical roll-out time. It is a bit frustrating, but the way they are building the network is, by definition, from nodes outwards. I am fortunate to live in one of those areas. The outside areas will get it last. One cannot build the outwards area first because it is a brand new system; it is not part of the Eir. They are using poles but they are not using cable without building them outwards. I do not know why we are spending so much time here on something that is effectively done and will be done by 2026.