Brian Stanley (Laois, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

It has been outlined that a commitment was given that the tender process and the contract were targeted for June 2017. Page 46 of A Programme for a Partnership Government states: "...the new Government will work with the winners to accelerate the roll out of the infrastructure next year". That was 2018. This was first announced in 2012 and it is having a great effect on farmers, students and the self-employed. In my constituency alone, 12,721 households in Laois are waiting for this while in County Offaly, 12,420 households are waiting. There are 11,600 people commuting out of Laois every day to work outside of the county. Many of them would not have to do so if they had a broadband service and many self-employed people also tell me that. What in the name of God has happened to the national broadband plan? Where is it? When the former Minister, Deputy Naughten, resigned-----

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