Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

It would also be worthwhile to ask not just how many they reach - what they call "pass" - but how many have actually been connected and what is the uptake on it. That is a key question. I found that in many of the areas people have another private provider with a wireless signal. While some people have switched to the fibre broadband connection, a percentage have not. That would be a question worth asking as well.