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The lack of availability of broadband in lower Achill has been highlighted by the Fine Gael spokesperson on social protection, Deputy Michael Ring.

Galway-based company Lighthouse Networks has just announced the launch of a new Wireless Broadband Service for Galway city and the surrounding areas. The new service is being marketed under the name “Lightnet235” and it provides broadband subscribers in Galway with a very competitively priced broadband service. It uses the very latest fixed wireless access technology and has an entry level price of just €20 per month.

A government scheme has granted high speed broadband to St Kieran’s, along with 78 other second-level schools, and is to be rolled out nationwide in the next two years.

A new European scheme will ensure that people living and working in rural areas that have not benefited under the Government’s National Broadband Scheme will be able to get broadband connected to their homes and businesses.

A new European Scheme will ensure people living and working in rural areas in Co Galway, and across Ireland, will finally be able to get broadband connected to their homes and businesses.

Deputy Phil Hogan has called on the Government to immediately adopt Fine Gael’s policy on broadband as new OECD figures reveal that Ireland is now bottom of the league in Europe in broadband speeds.

Communications Minister Eamon Ryan has been advised by the Fine Gael spokesperson on community, rural, and Gaeltacht affairs, Deputy Michael Ring of the absence of a broadband service in certain areas of Mayo. He raised the matter by way of a Dáil question as to what steps the Minister is taking to provide high-speed broadband services.

Broadband connectivity is currently being rolled out in Kilkenny as a result of the National Broadband Scheme (NBS).

High quality broadband is critical to Ireland’s economic success into the future as is our improving road infrastructure and having a high-speed and affordable service for our small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), particularly those based in the regions, a seminar has heard.

Following an admission by Minister Eamon Ryan that the Government’s scheme to ensure nationwide access to broadband will not be completed until 2010, Councillor Patsy O’Brien has again raised the issue at a local level.