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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Broadband Infrastructure: Discussion (7 Jul 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: I thank Mr. Fitzpatrick. I ask Mr. Carvalho to make his opening statement. He might confirm whether I have the correct pronunciation of his name.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Broadband Infrastructure: Discussion (7 Jul 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Broadband Infrastructure: Discussion (7 Jul 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: I thank Mr. Carvalho. I now call on Mr. Campbell to make his presentation.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Broadband Infrastructure: Discussion (7 Jul 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: I thank Mr. Campbell. We move now to members' questions. The first slot is for Fine Gael, which I will take. I do not know if our guests have had the opportunity to look at our previous interactions, particularly with NBI but also with Eir. The issue of the intervention areas is coming up for us in constituencies, especially in rural ones but also in those with some urban areas. Mr....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Broadband Infrastructure: Discussion (7 Jul 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: Very quickly, just to complete the circle, how much higher are the speeds going in with the fibre roll-out?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Broadband Infrastructure: Discussion (7 Jul 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: I refer to the new service that will come on stream, such as, the Eutelsat very-high-speed, VHS, satellite. Is it fair to say it doubles the speed of the existing service?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Broadband Infrastructure: Discussion (7 Jul 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: Although that is still probably one fifth of what fibre offers.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Broadband Infrastructure: Discussion (7 Jul 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: All right. The final question I have is what would be the involvement of the Government in securing capacity on that satellite.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Broadband Infrastructure: Discussion (7 Jul 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: Okay. I am going to move to Mr. Carvalho and Mr. Fitzpatrick to get their views on the intervention areas and develop around the questions I posed which Mr. Campbell answered.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Broadband Infrastructure: Discussion (7 Jul 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: What would be the cost?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Broadband Infrastructure: Discussion (7 Jul 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: I thank Mr. Carvalho. I invite Mr. Fitzpatrick to respond.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Broadband Infrastructure: Discussion (7 Jul 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: I have two questions for Mr. Fitzpatrick. What do you mean by latency?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Broadband Infrastructure: Discussion (7 Jul 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: It is what Mr. Campbell spoke about as well.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Broadband Infrastructure: Discussion (7 Jul 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: Does Starlink overcome that problem?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Broadband Infrastructure: Discussion (7 Jul 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: How much will it cost?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Broadband Infrastructure: Discussion (7 Jul 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: Am I correct in stating that Starlink is not licensed yet?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Broadband Infrastructure: Discussion (7 Jul 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: I thank Mr. Fitzpatrick. I call Deputy Darren O'Rourke.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Broadband Infrastructure: Discussion (7 Jul 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: I was going to bring her in.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Broadband Infrastructure: Discussion (7 Jul 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: I call Deputy Cathal Crowe and he has seven minutes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Broadband Infrastructure: Discussion (7 Jul 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: I ask Mr. Fitzpatrick to summarise. Quite a few members have arrived late and I want to accommodate all contributors.