Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

In his response on rural services earlier, the Taoiseach mentioned his ambitions for broadband. A total of 543,000 homes, businesses and farms are awaiting the roll-out of the new national broadband plan but the process is more like "Lanigan's Ball" than anything else with so many people stepping in and stepping out of it. Will the Taoiseach confirm the procurement rules are still being complied with in the process in spite of all of the changes to the tendering parties? Will he also confirm when the assessment process for the current bidder will be finalised? Is he still confident that the roll-out of broadband for those 543,000 premises is on schedule?

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