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

I thank the Minister. He mentioned broadband. Some of the dates given are in 2024 or 2025 and the roll-out in particular areas has been brought back to 2023. Is there engagement with National Broadband Ireland, NBI, to see whether it can be further speeded up to ensure broadband for rural Ireland? It is the great enabler. There are great prospects for remote working and for companies to set up in rural Ireland, especially when so many people have decided to return to live there because of Covid. We have seen an expansion in our population and it is greatly welcomed. I ask the Minister to use his good offices to try to get us the broadband even faster, especially for areas where the date went back to mid-2023 when there had been talk about them being reached in early 2023. I would appreciate it if he could look at that.

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