575 Mr. Kehoe asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the fact that under his Department’s group broadband scheme, an application was made by a group (details supplied) in north County Wexford to bring broadband to the Courtown area, that part of the process for funding was to prove that a market for broadband existed in the area, that the group did extensive research to obtain this proof, that their application was approved and that Eircom then introduced broadband to the area to the disadvantage of this group, which effectively did market research at its own expense for the benefit of Eircom, that this involved the sudden entry of Eircom into an area that had been ignored since the laying of the service line many years before immediately upon completion of the approved group’s market research; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40165/05]

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575 Mr. Kehoe asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the fact that under his Department’s group broadband scheme, an application was made by a group (details supplied) in north County Wexford to bring broadband to the Courtown area, that part of the process for funding was to prove that a market for broadband existed in the area, that the group did extensive research to obtain this proof, that their application was approved and that Eircom then introduced broadband to the area to the disadvantage of this group, which effectively did market research at its own expense for the benefit of Eircom, that this involved the sudden entry of Eircom into an area that had been ignored since the laying of the service line many years before immediately upon completion of the approved group’s market research; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40165/05]

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