Darren O'Rourke (Meath East, Sinn Fein)
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I thank Mr. Malone. To be a bit parochial about it, and talk specifically about my own county of Meath, I want to ask if NBI has information on, how many houses have been surveyed in Meath in the past 12 months, and how many houses have been connected or have been passed. I am most interested in the number passed. There have been 23,000 to date. How many of them have been in County Meath? I appreciate that there is a network of distribution and of roll-out in terms of regional or local exchanges and the deployment areas, but I am looking at my own county, and huge swathes of it, almost half of it, are not due for completion until 2025 and 2026. Is it the case that all of the deployment areas or the regional exchanges will be operated at the one time? I ask that question in terms of the distribution and the scheduling of areas. Is it the case that we are going to be lopsided for whatever reason, or will there be an even distribution based on the technological constraints? Are there other considerations in terms of the roll-out?