Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

-----and that the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources has said: "Hands off broadband". As the Minister with responsibility for rural development, does she agree that 30 Mbps is no longer high-speed broadband and that the only solution is the provision of fibre broadband to every home and business in the country? Will the latter be the policy of the Minister's Department?

What role will the county and regional broadband task forces have if the contract is awarded to eir or Vodafone-ESB? My understanding is that as neither would require wayleaves, given that both already have them, the talk of ancillary works and facilitating planning is a nonsense. Is it just a fig leaf to cover up the embarrassment of the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, which made a mess of this situation, not letting go of the job?

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