Denis Naughten (Roscommon-Galway, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I would need a week to address that question. We will have the most modern network in the world when the investment programme is completed. The national broadband plan provides that Ireland will be the first country to bring fibre broadband to the home extensively in rural areas. This has not been done anywhere else in the world to date. It will deliver speeds up to 1,000 Mbps to homes and businesses throughout the country.

On mobile telephony services, we intend to use the 700 MHz spectrum to focus on a geographic rather than a population basis. The intention is to roll out 5G mobile services on this spectrum, which will mean that Ireland will probably be one of the first countries in the world to roll it out on this basis. At the conclusion of the investment programme, Ireland will be a world leader in this regard.

We are focused on what we can do practically in the short term, which is why we are not waiting for the mobile phone and broadband task force to complete its report at the end of the year. As suggestions and proposals are made, we are engaging with solutions. I have announced a number of decisions, including the release of the 3.6 GHz spectrum. We will continue to do this between now and the end of the year.

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