Michael Moynihan (Cork North West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

As somebody said to me at a recent meeting on this, if we had the European Commission and all these procurement rules and regulations back in the 1940s and 1950s, it might have taken a generation to bring electricity to the people. That is the frustration for individuals and businesses.

The Minister mentioned November and December, which is a nine-week period. Is it set in stone that the procurement will be advanced during that period? We are still talking about 2016, 2017 or 2018 probably before these areas are connected to what is essentially a quality of life issue at this point. At various meetings I have outlined what the Minister has told me on the floor of the Dáil. People are asking what we can do to move this on because it is a case of live horse and get grass. Why can we not get the Commission to look at the frustrations? In addition to the broadband issue, there is also the mobile telephone service.

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