Denis Naughten (Roscommon-Galway, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The difficulty is that, at that stage, it is hoped every single person will, if NBI meets its targets, already have a fibre connection in the more peripheral areas. I am talking about in the interim. The difficulty is the 24-month implementation. The reality is the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications has not been exactly sharp in terms of delivering on those targets. We know what happened with electricity in regard to microgeneration where basically the electricity companies pocketed money for 12 months because the Department was slow in forcing them to actually pay customers. It does not address the issue I am raising.