Kieran O'Donnell (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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Let us say that a constituent of mine has a number and that it is going up on NBI's system now. I referred earlier to somewhere in Lisnagry. Is NBI quite near the city? Is it, say, beside University of Limerick in Castletroy? They are being told they will get roll-out of broadband. That is an intervention area between January 2025 and December 2026. That is three to four years away. Obviously, they are utterly frustrated. They are working from home and need high-capacity, high-speed broadband if they are to work with companies. They do not have that at the moment.

When these people go into the system, is that based on a seven-year timeframe? NBI will publish a plan very shortly on the seven-year roll-out. If someone goes up on the system, will that be based on a seven-year or five-year timeframe? When does NBI reach a point when it looks at bringing it back from seven years? Is what NBI publishing now for seven years? Am I correct in saying that?