Feargal Quinn (Independent)

That is one of my main criticisms of what went wrong in those years. The fact that we have not managed the roll-out of broadband and that we still languish at the bottom of the European league table of broadband penetration is entirely due to the ability of the commercial interests involved, in particular Eircom, to go their own sweet way in clear defiance of the often repeated wishes of the political leadership of this country and in clear denial of the national interest in the matter.