Ossian Smyth (Dún Laoghaire, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I was in Limerick before Christmas. I was there because we were connecting the first set of 2,366 homes and I wanted to see how it is done physically, where the cables go in and how it is working. I understand there are another 4,812 homes in Limerick that are being connected by cable. The national broadband plan is not just for residential use. It is for every premises, whether it is a business or a farm. It should reach everybody, including the company in Kilmallock the Deputy described. If the Deputy has a particular issue with broadband in his area and wants to discuss it with me or have a one-to-one meeting with the civil servants in charge of the broadband plan, then he can do that and they will engage with him. I am happy to go anywhere in the country to see with my own eyes how things are going.

I have engaged with wireless providers, but as I said, I can always do more. If the Deputy has a wireless provider in his area who can tell me the practicalities of having its service replaced by fibre, I am happy to do that as well.

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