Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I have been talking to people in the business who just signed 25-year backhaul contracts with Eir. It is not unusual to do a 25-year deal. If enough fibre optic cable is brought into the country, then the contract to serve a data centre has to extend over 25 years. It is standard business practice in this country to do a 25-year deal with Eir. That is not unusual.