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

The national broadband plan is one such facilitation. The Deputy is right that it has been delayed compared to what was originally expected because of Covid. There was a particular issue around issuing planning licences within local authorities. Both of those issues have been largely addressed. We still face significant issues in getting access to ducting and ducting that is not as high quality as was originally expected. There are real challenges but we have delivered 388 broadband connection points for rural communities so if people do not have a connection at home they have a local connection point where they can access high-speed WiFi.

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