In his response on rural services earlier, the Taoiseach mentioned his ambitions for broadband. A total of 543,000 homes, businesses and farms are awaiting the roll-out of the new national broadband plan but the process is more like "Lanigan's Ball" than anything else with so many people stepping in and stepping out of it. Will the Taoiseach confirm the procurement rules are still being complied with in the process in spite of all of the changes to the tendering parties? Will he also confirm when the assessment process for the current bidder will be finalised? Is he still confident that the roll-out of broadband for those 543,000 premises is on schedule?

I assume that the normal procurement process is being followed. I met the Ministers, Deputies Naughten and Donohoe, on this issue just last week. I will ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to give the Deputy a more detailed answer than I can. I am confident it is on track and we will be able to sign a contract, and that we will have shovels in the ground and work under way in 2019 to bring high-speed fibre to some of those homes. It will be the biggest single public investment in rural Ireland in a very long time, as big a project in many ways as rural electrification.

I look forward to-----

Does the Taoiseach have his high-visibility jacket ready?

-----having the contracts signed.

Will that be on camera?

I look forward to turning the sod, absolutely.