Eamon Ryan (Dublin South, Green Party)

——through competition and collaboration evolving technological solutions are available, not only through satellite but also through WiMax and mobile broadband. This is a changing landscape due to the competitive forces at play. We must recognise some houses in this competitive landscape will not be provided with services. We have approached the European Commission and indicated we wish to avail of the rural development scheme for broadband. We wish to provide a scheme for such broadband applications.

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