Michael Colreavy (Sligo-North Leitrim, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The Minister says he understands people's frustration. I explained to him previously the frustration felt by a person who is running a home industry, but has to travel around in a car with an iPod to try to get reception. That is no way to run a business. It would be beneficial for the Department and for people seeking information if the Minister could tell us whether it would be possible for a web page to be set up or for an office to be set up at which people with extremely poor Internet access could register their telephone numbers and addresses for that information to be communicated to the Department. The Department could then provide these people with a response telling them by what date they will have access and the minimum speed of access they can expect to have by that date. Such an initiative would, at least, let them know real progress is being made and they would have a definite date by which they could plan to develop their business. Would that be possible?

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