Brian Stanley (Laois, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

That indicates that the original cost of €800 million was predicated on Eir being the successful bidder and, as such, the contractor for the work. If another bidder - let us call it Matt Yardley limited - won the contract, it would have to lease the poles and ducting from Eir which owns them and run the cable along that network.