Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

There is no legislation promised in this area, but on the issue of rural broadband and the need to phase that in as soon as possible, there has been some recent commentary on the plan. I want to clarify that, contrary to reports, the procurement process has not been paused, and it is continuing in parallel with the commercial deployment of high-speed broadband by commercial operators. Some 52% of premises in Ireland now have access to high-speed broadband. We plan to have that up to 77% by the end of next year, and over 90% by 2020.

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