Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 19 June 2013

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform

Disposal of State Assets and Quarterly Review: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform

6:05 pm

Photo of Kevin HumphreysKevin Humphreys (Dublin South East, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I just wanted to clarify that because a certain amount of mealy-mouthed comment has been made today. I welcome the decision on Coillte. It has been obvious for some time that the sale of the timber would not go ahead because the Government has always said it would make a decision based on evidence. The position has been obvious for some time and it has been indicated by the Minister, Deputy Howlin, and other Ministers that the sale would not go ahead. I welcome the decision.

I should probably know the answer to my next question but I do not. In the context of the sale of Bord Gáis, it has a substantial broadband section involving a cable running from Dublin to Galway and Galway to Cork. Currently, it is digging up half the country coming back to Dublin. Is that included in the tender or will it be a separate sale?

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