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

Ireland's digital connectivity strategy is aligned with the EU digital decade targets and aims for all populated areas to be covered by 5G no later than 2030, but this is based on population coverage, which ignores 750,000 people who live in rural areas and cannot get 5G coverage. This does not have implications for just mobile phone coverage, but for 5G services and emergency services as well. What happens if someone is on one of our greenways, breaks a leg but has no mobile phone coverage?

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