Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 14 February 2019

Public Accounts Committee

2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment
Broadband Service Provision: Discussion
BT Ireland

9:00 am

Photo of Catherine MurphyCatherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

I want to ask about the language in a lot of the documentation on broadband coverage, regions of the country and all this kind of stuff. There is a difference between passing the availability of a facility and the penetration of the facility. It gives the impression that there is a large take up. Cost and the 50% reduction is important from that point of view. Cost will be a determining factor for some people in taking up the contract because of affordability and that. It is true that the language is more or less about the coverage running past as opposed to the penetration. Would it be more appropriate to match the level of penetration? Is that possible? Is it done?

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