Niall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

As the Minister knows, last night we debated a motion on broadband. The shambles of the broadband roll-out is impacting on balanced regional development and the location of business. It is feeding into a wider concern about the unravelling of services in rural areas. IDA Ireland is also complicit with those in government in this agenda which is seen as an attack on rural Ireland. In 2017, there were 682 site visits, 47% of which were in Dublin. Almost 80% of all site visits were to Dublin, Galway, Limerick or Cork.

At the other end of the scale is the Minister's constituency, as outlined by Deputy Smyth, where there was one visit in Monaghan and two in Cavan. Donegal had two; Laois had four; Leitrim had five; Longford had seven; Mayo had seven; Monaghan had one; Roscommon had three; Wexford had three; Wicklow had two; and Cavan had two. I am becoming worn out from raising the issue. We are banging our heads against the wall here.

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