Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2009-04-01-Speech-3-191"
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"Madam President, infrastructural development is crucial to our economic recovery. Whereas in the past it was the construction of road and rail that helped stimulate economies in recession and lead the way to future prosperity, nowadays we must focus on our information and communications technology infrastructure as a driver of future growth.
In this context, I wish to draw attention to the appalling situation in Ireland of the so-called ‘digital divide’. Due to years of government neglect in boom times, we are now left with broad areas of rural Ireland with sub-standard, slow connections and, worst of all, in 28% of cases, without any access to broadband. How are we to bring prosperity and opportunity to our rural communities without bringing them the means of achieving these goals? How can we tell our young farmers that they cannot benefit from ICT to develop their agri-business industries because we have not provided them with the connectivity?
I welcome recent statements by the Commission which detail the disbursement of EU funds to address this huge challenge. To conclude, we must not lose sight of eliminating the digital divide, even in the midst of economic crisis."@en1
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