Daniel McConnell

And what's your impression of Vodafone's, Ireland's place within that?

Okay.

And drilling into that, I mean, you're saying the first, you know, so I mean, in a telecoms company, it's a lot of investment.

It's a lot of money being spent on cabling and kind of coverage, et cetera, et cetera.

I mean, talk to me about that level of responsibility as a chief executive when you're making big decisions.

Is it like is it always saying being ahead of the competition, keeping a pace with the competition or where does innovation fit in that dynamic as well?

But that brings a lot of pressure, I'd say.

So how would you compare Ireland's digital infrastructure or telecoms infrastructure, say, to Italy or Germany?

What's your assessment of how advanced we are?

What does that look like in terms of innovation?

What does that look like?

Is it satellite?

I don't even know to begin with.

What are the next level of innovation?

To deliver on that sort of agenda requires, as you say, huge infrastructure, huge commitments in terms of data centres and all these sort of stuff.

And we know in the wider market here in Ireland there's been a sort of moratorium and there's been this big debate about the future and the role of data centres in Ireland.

Do you think the government and the state here recognise the scale of the challenge and are we doing enough to make Ireland as a country ready for that next step?

You mentioned there black spots in terms of coverage.

Given, I suppose, Vodafone is here 25 years, black spots still exist in Ireland or how big a problem are those black spots for you?

And again, I'm not a technical expert.