Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Labour)

It would have been a great speech from the Leader of the Opposition. It is possible Deputy Bertie Ahern will be given the opportunity to find out, although knowing the Fianna Fáil Party he will not be left as Leader of the Opposition for too long. I assume people like the Minister and various other ambitious Fianna Fáil people when they are on these benches, as I expect them to be in eight or nine weeks, will be looking for a new figure to lead the party so Deputy Bertie Ahern will probably not have the chance to be Leader of the Opposition once more. He might as well have promised a universal service obligation. I refer to the ComReg report which states that broadband lines total 517,000 which means 50% of users of the Internet are using broadband which is to be welcomed.

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