Liz McManus (Wicklow, Labour)

I refer to the idea that the consumer will be facilitated where it is technically possible. There is a stipulation that the scheme will provide for the consumer on reasonable request. That seems like a lot of wriggle room for a company to say that this is an unreasonable request and that it will not be provided for even though, from the point of view of the individual, it may be reasonable in enabling him or her to work from home in a rural area. Who will arbitrate on whether a request is reasonable? If we are dependent on the private company to provide, and it is allowed this wriggle room, it seems very easy to cherry-pick.

Does the Minister accept it is curious that he says satellite is the option in exceptional cases that cannot otherwise be provided for when the satellite providers are seeking a judicial review?

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