Colm Burke (Cork North Central, Fine Gael)
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Eir has advised us that it does not have capacity. On cost, the property it has connected is at a far greater distance than the property on which the pole is situated. In other words, the pole is situated at the entrance to the farmyard, but Eir will not connect the farmhouse. Yet, it can run the cable 200 yd down the road to connect another house. The argument consistently coming back to us from Eir is that because the property is in the amber area, it is not prepared to connect. We have quite a number of cases like this, where we think a significant number of properties could be immediately connected, if there was engagement between NBI and the other suppliers.