Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I agree with the Deputy. Some very high-profile people have criticised the NBP. Strategically for the State, the guarantee that no house will be left out is critical. It is not relying on the market and we will intervene in areas where the market cannot or will not deliver. The mapping of that has been done and it is effective. The broad approach in identifying those houses is the correct one.

The Deputy is correct that there has been considerable frustration in houses where they see fibre or cable going up part of a road and then stop. The advantage of the NBP is in hopefully now a four or five-year rather than a six or seven-year timeframe - some such accelerated timeframe - we will cover every single house. That will be critical for the entire country.

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