Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The price of rental is close to €1 billion but that is fully regulated by ComReg and it is done on a cost plus basis. It looks at the costs and is entirely independent in making that decision. It is currently €20 per pole per annum, and €10 per pole per annum if the pole is shared. That is regularly reviewed by ComReg.

We did not redo the cost-benefit analysis for each of the alternatives because one is considering whether there was an alternative which would deliver something equal with the same benefits, at a lower cost. If an alternative reduced the numbers of people reached, some of the benefits were lost. It was clear, without doing the full project evaluation on each alternative, whether these options would add anything to what we knew.