Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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While the Minister wants to move away from speeds, his note on the delivery of the national broadband plan stated that by 2015 he wanted more than half of the population to have between 70 and 100 Mbps. Are we on target for that? Deputy O'Mahony hit the nail on the head regarding the recent announcement. People in the 40 targeted locations are anxious that it be rolled out as fast as possible. On which roads will the ComReg survey be carried out? While surveys are often carried out on the larger roads, it is on the smaller roads that connections are dropped. That is the case in Meath.

I recently heard from a lady in Dunboyne, which is extremely close to Dublin. While her neighbours three houses down to the left have perfect Internet coverage, she and her five neighbours to the right have none. Eircom has said it is because the Government needs to upgrade the ports. What plan is there for current lines that need to be upgraded in such circumstances?