Eamon Ryan (Dublin South, Green Party)

I have a similar vision regarding the provision of fibre to homes although this will be more difficult in rural areas but this is what we are heading towards. It is equally available on either national or local roads, either via the National Roads Authority or each local authority. The provisions are similar. The charges are not commercially based so that local authorities will not become telcos, as it were; it is for them and the National Roads Authority to provide access to existing State ducting to cover the administrative charges. This legislation deals with both local authorities and the National Roads Authority in a similar manner, depending on the road the telcos are looking to use.

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