Timmy Dooley (Clare, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The Minister will be aware from previous parliamentary replies that he has given to my party that the data show that nearly 50% of all homes and businesses in 12 counties may have to wait until 2022 to achieve the high-speed broadband set out in the Minister's plan. That is dependent on whether the plan remains on its current track. Since the tender has not gone to the marketplace yet, it is difficult to see how even that date can be achieved.

In the constituency that I know best, the average speed stands at approximately 17.4 Mbps. That is paltry. Has the Minister conducted a further review of the documents that he intends to present to the marketplace and is he still sticking with the benchmark of 30 Mbps? Will he at least consider 100 Mbps as the minimum download speed for the national broadband plan?

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