Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 28 March 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 (Resumed)

9:00 am

Mr. Fergal Mulligan:

If the Deputy lets me explain why not, I will do so. It will be published in due course. The reason it has not been published yet is because since 2015, which is four years ago, there have been six versions of that because every time the map changed, from 757,000 initially, to 540,000 now, we needed to change it. The main reason is because there is substantial information in there with regard to the cost of fibre, ducting, subcontractor prices and so on which are highly sensitive to the market. We would eventually publish the much fuller details if a Government decision is made.

The analysis is going through a final iteration with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. That is a concluding process; it is not finished yet. When the Government decision is made, that is the conclusion of the CBA process.

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