Mr. Mark Griffin:

And the questions that have been put to me during the course of the morning, which I am trying to answer.

The minimum specification we set out in 2015 was based on the state aid guidelines that were in place at that time. Every single bidder that came to the table offered fibre to the home. The solution that is still on the table with the final bidder is fibre to the home. Every single rural premises in Ireland, bar the most remote, which may account for 2%, will have a fibre-to-the-home solution. There will be no restriction. They will be no worse off than the cities. In fact, when we get this done, it may in many cases be better than what is being provided in the cities. It is a fibre-based service, with gigabit potential, that will be provided to the 542,000 premises.