Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Independent)

I request the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, in selling the national telecommunications network into private ownership, the Government has created a private monopoly, which highlights the urgent need for the Government to tackle the impossible situation where 40,000 Smart Telecom customers are without services and are being held to ransom. If the Minister does not act to provide an interim solution, the message will be that the only supplier capable of guaranteeing a service is Eircom.

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