Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 6 December 2018

Public Accounts Committee

2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
Chapter 8 - Measures relating to Cyber Security
Chapter 9 - Energy Efficiency National Fund

9:00 am

Mr. Mark Griffin:

No. Some of the regulatory and governance issues they raised were broad issues outside the NBP process. We had extensive governance and delivery processes set out in our contract documentation. If we are providing a large amount of taxpayers' money to provide a scheme, we have to be absolutely sure they are capable of delivering, that they have the funding set aside to make the investment, that they meet all the deployment milestones, for example, the milestones for connection of premises, that there are demand stimulation mechanisms set out therein, arrangements for reporting to the Department and open book accounting. The list in our request is as long as my arm but we are absolutely determined that they were the right requirements to impose on any entity that would ultimately win the contract to do this.

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