Denis Naughten (Roscommon-Galway, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister. I welcome the fact this task force is being re-established. I am deeply disappointed it did not sit for the two years since the signing of the national broadband plan contract. In that time we have seen ongoing delays in engaging with local authorities, CIÉ and Transport Infrastructure Ireland, TII. These are all problems the contractor has had with getting access to infrastructure. Does the Minister not agree that if the task force had not been put in abeyance and had been actively engaging with those bodies over the last two years we would not now be 12 months behind schedule and would not have 75,000 families who will not get their broadband on time?

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