101 Ms O’Sullivan asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the reason the Government made no submission to a EU consultation process on the extension of the European Universal Service Obligation for broadband internet services; if he subsequently supported a decision on foot of this consultation process to exclude broadband internet services and mobile telephony services from the scope of universal service; his views on the recent comments by the new chairperson of the Dublin Chamber of Commerce, Mr Eugene McCague, who said that the Government must establish new targets for the establishing of widespread availability of open-access, affordable, always-on broadband infrastructure and services as they had completely failed to achieve any of their previous targets and that Ireland may lose out on inward investment due to the too slow roll-out of broadband services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26623/06]

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101 Ms O’Sullivan asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the reason the Government made no submission to a EU consultation process on the extension of the European Universal Service Obligation for broadband internet services; if he subsequently supported a decision on foot of this consultation process to exclude broadband internet services and mobile telephony services from the scope of universal service; his views on the recent comments by the new chairperson of the Dublin Chamber of Commerce, Mr Eugene McCague, who said that the Government must establish new targets for the establishing of widespread availability of open-access, affordable, always-on broadband infrastructure and services as they had completely failed to achieve any of their previous targets and that Ireland may lose out on inward investment due to the too slow roll-out of broadband services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26623/06]

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