448 Deputy Seymour Crawford asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, further to Parliamentary Question No. 333 of 27 April 2010, if he will justify the fact that some individuals cannot get broadband in the area or have to pay significant prices for a booster box; his views on whether it is fair that a national organisation should advise that the area is covered by broadband when the reality is only pockets of areas are covered by broadband, depending on which side of the hill that one lives on; his further views on whether in the current economic climate broadband is essential for people wherever they live to make contact with opportunities which will allow them to get income from employment in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23237/10]

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448 Deputy Seymour Crawford asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, further to Parliamentary Question No. 333 of 27 April 2010, if he will justify the fact that some individuals cannot get broadband in the area or have to pay significant prices for a booster box; his views on whether it is fair that a national organisation should advise that the area is covered by broadband when the reality is only pockets of areas are covered by broadband, depending on which side of the hill that one lives on; his further views on whether in the current economic climate broadband is essential for people wherever they live to make contact with opportunities which will allow them to get income from employment in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23237/10]

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1. 1 June 2010

   Telecommunications Services

   448 Deputy Seymour Crawford asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, further to Parliamentary Question No. 333 of 27 April 2010, if he will justify the fact that some individuals cannot get broadband in the area or have to pay significant prices for a booster box; his views on whether it is fair that a national organisation should advise that the area is covered by broadband when the reality is only pockets of areas are covered by broadband, depending on which side of the hill that one lives on; his further views on whether in the current economic climate broadband is essential for people wherever they live to make contact with opportunities which will allow them to get income from employment in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23237/10]

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