Mr. Ciarán Ó hÓbáin:

The answer is that we are not the best people. There are certainly some very good people on our team and Mr. Neary has significant experience of building telecoms networks. Our team is able to manage this project but, while the Department was the lead entity, the role played by the local authorities in respect of the MANs was significant. It would be useful for Mr. Neary to talk about the depth of expertise within this NBI company already before it builds it out further and a bit more about who the sub-contractors are and their experience in Ireland and elsewhere of building fibre networks, something the Department does not possess.