James Bannon (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael)

I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, the threat to our competitiveness caused by the Government's failure to tackle the deficit in broadband provision allied with the sham and hollow echoes of the Government's next generation strategy to be announced next week claiming that Ireland will enjoy broadband speeds which will be among the highest in Europe by 2012 with, as we know, basic broadband roll-out still outstanding in many areas, including my own.

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