Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The MANs are a major piece of the telecoms infrastructure, yet the regulator of the telecoms industry seems to govern everything except for them. We will raise this matter with the Department, but does Mr. McCarthy have a view on it? Eir has made it clear to us that, as part of the national broadband plan, the price that the company that wins the contract will pay for use of Eir's physical network for running fibre services will be set by the regulator. Is that correct? I am not blaming Enet but it appears that, in the case of the MANs, the regulator has no role in setting Enet's prices. That is why it has maximum, discounted and reduced prices. That the MANs are not under the Commission for Communications Regulation, ComReg, when almost everything else is is a matter that we will raise with the Department. It is just a straight agreement. Am I right? That is the impression we were given today.