Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

No contracts are signed here. The obligation on the State is to see through this procurement process to get value for money for the State and to deliver broadband to homes. Judge this contract when it is signed in September and we get on with doing the business rather than continue a debate here on broadband and the lack of broadband delivery in rural Ireland which has gone on for years. We are looking to end that. Many other countries are following how Ireland is planning to do that and are looking to replicate what we are doing because we are a pioneer in this area to try to deliver broadband to areas that do not have commercial-----

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