Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein)

Cloud computing is based on the power of the networks in this State. Ireland is 79th in the world, or 24th out of the EU, for upload speeds and we are 49th in the world, or 23rd in the EU, for download speeds. It is estimated that an investment of €2.5 billion will be needed to bring our broadband services to the top of the table. Without this level of investment, the Minister of State's talk is merely hocus pocus. How much will the Government be investing in broadband services to make this reality rather than spin?

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