Mr. Fergal Mulligan:

The key message to the mobile broadband task force from the Minister today, and from myself, will be that we need to get on with the implementation of this Act as soon as possible across all 31 local authorities. We will be conscious of the fact that many roll-outs and huge investment are going on. The purpose of this Act is to avoid duplication of infrastructure. We do not want NBI, Eir, SIRO or Virgin Media to dig up roads where they should not. We will not be waiting for 24 months. We are actually starting today to roll that out. That addresses the point that Europe and Ireland have moved on well beyond 30 megabits.