Cathal Crowe (Clare, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I will come in next. I thank the Minister for his presentation. I have a few questions, but not too many, to put to him. It is obvious with respect to the national broadband plan that enormous progress is being made. I congratulate the Minister and the Department, as well as all of the work crews. Every day I move around my constituency and see National Broadband Ireland vans or contractors on its behalf doing incredible work that is difficult at times. That must be acknowledged.

Will the Minister offer a comment on cellular reception for mobile phones? Some corners of the country are still the poor relations. In my county, when you go about six miles west of Ennis, heading towards Kilrush and Kilkee, coverage drops off and you may as well be in the middle of the Atlantic. While considerable progress is being made in respect of the national broadband service, is there still a strategy to improve the coverage map of Ireland in terms of cellular signal?