Michael Moynihan (Cork North West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

We are going to try to make it that. We could talk about every village and community in my constituency but we are in negotiations on digital hubs and we know the way the world has changed over the past year or so. For rural communities, I believe this is for the better but the great enabler is broadband. The difficulty we have in Kiskeam is that Eir broadband is coming almost to the edge of the village on both sides, but not through the village. It is hugely important that it is brought through the village as a matter of urgency. I have been in negotiations with the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, Deputy Eamon Ryan, on an exciting project we hope to bring to fruition within the community. That is why I used the precious time available to me in Dáil Éireann to bring people together to see if there is any hope we could get broadband connectivity in the village.

I could talk about every other community as well and I am not forgetting them. It is a great enabler but there is a significant lack of broadband connectivity throughout my constituency. I ask specifically this evening about the village of Kiskeam. We are told that people should live in villages and so forth. Will the Minister of State outline what the Department can do to help to ensure we have connectivity in the village and enable it to prosper and grow through other exciting projects?

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