Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent) | Oireachtas source

That answer from the Taoiseach is brilliant and excellent if I had asked a different question.

Unfortunately, however, the issue I am raising is telephone lines, wires hanging down and no noise when people pick up the telephone. That is the question I am raising today and it is the issue I want the Taoiseach to take back to Eir. I wish the CEO of Eir very well. The person is retiring and that person saw fit to bring in a new trainee to be trained for the role of CEO of the company. It is recognised at the higher end that a person should be trained in, but technicians at ground level who keep the service going do not train in somebody beneath them. It is done at the top, but it is not done where it really matters. I am asking the company to recognise this. When it was a semi-State company up until 1999 it was one of the best in the world.

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