Terry Leyden (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the Minister to the House. I suppose he would prefer not to be here because this is not a happy situation. In 2011, the Government promised to deliver fibre broadband to 90% of homes by 2015 and the 2012 national broadband plan committed the Government to provide 100% broadband provision by 2020. In 2016, Fine Gael committed to provide high-speed broadband to at least 85% of premises by 2018 and to 100% of premises by 2020. As a former Fine Gael Deputy elected in 2011, although he is no longer a Fine Gael-----