Mr. Ciarán Ó hÓbáin:

The broad approach the Department would take was outlined through the process documentation and engagement with the operators from the beginning. The approach was fully understood by those operators who had engaged with the process to date, including Eir. It knew the test it had to pass for its infrastructure to be accepted on the map. It knew why it had not passed that test in 2015 and it knew what the tests continued to be in 2016 and onwards. There was absolute clarity for the operator as to what it had to do, the hurdles it had to go over and the process it would have to follow. There was no need to communicate it.