Timmy Dooley (Clare, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

At page 46 of the programme for Government, the Government which was then forming stated that it had expected to have a contract signed by June last year to roll out high-speed broadband to the 540,000 homeowners and premises across the State which do not have access through the commercial market. I notice the Taoiseach is looking around. If the Minister, Deputy Naughten, was there, he would probably enlighten us about the number of places connected on a daily basis through the good work of commercial contractors. What I want is some indication as to when the Government expects to sign a contract with a company to roll out that high-speed broadband over the next couple of years to those 540,000 homes and premises.

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