Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

It is not included. Although I am broadening the question, people nowadays remove landlines from their homes because of the costs involved and their daily business is transacted on mobile phones. Will the Minister consider trying to ensure telecoms companies which generate significant revenues from their mobile phone services will provide an adequate service? Regardless of where I travel in my area along the Border, the coverage is dreadful and mobile companies have refused to make the necessary extra investment. I recently read a report about eir planning on investing, but a dramatic upgrade of the mobile telephony infrastructure is urgently needed.

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