Colm Burke (Cork North Central, Fine Gael)
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Sorry, but I know of places where the nearest access point is 20 miles away. I raised this with Cork County Council and it said there was no more funding and that it was not going to get involved any further, meaning the issue was written off. I am saying we have a substantial delay. A large number of people who now want to work from home are prevented from doing so and have to travel 20 to 25 miles to and from work every day.

We have many people now who wish to work from home, are prevented from doing so and must travel 20 to 25 miles to and from work daily. Having more community hubs or access points might help. We have done this fast-tracking of connections in the case of schools, why can we not do this in a community setting? We are talking about 679 schools where this facility will have been rolled out by the end of June. Why can we not also increase the number of hubs in local communities so people can work in them? People might only be only two or three miles away from a community facility they could drive to and work from.