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:

We will have a 25-year contract with the existing bidder. That bidder will have many subcontracts with infrastructure providers, including Eircom. If it decides to use the ESB in certain instances, it will have a contract with the ESB. It will have contracts with Enet and others. If it uses towers and masts, it will have contracts in respect of them. They have been in discussions with many providers, including Eircom, for the past two years. There are very substantial subcontract agreements and rental agreements in place for 25 years. They will underpin our contract. We have assurances regarding access to all of the infrastructure.

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