Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

What the Deputy said is true. Some of the most significant connectivity issues are in cities. Many estates in south Dublin that might have been built in the 1980s do not have the ducting. It can be difficult to roll out high-speed gigabit broadband in these estates. The Department and ComReg are looking at working with local authorities to facilitate support for that specific problem and, in doing so, make it commercially viable to roll out high-speed broadband everywhere. It is nowhere near as significant an intervention as the national broadband plan - the very definition of urban areas is houses close together - but we believe that overcoming that immediate access issue in those estates will close those gaps. With that done, pretty much the entire country will have access to very high speed broadband. This is a vital project that is probably next up to be delivered by the State.