Joe O'Reilly (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Dr. Palcic's criticisms of the project are criticisms that anyone could make. I am not suggesting he does not have an expertise in this area - far from it - but his criticisms are ones which the man in the bar or anyone could make. For example, the man in the bar could say this will not work, we should retain ownership of the network because it will be great asset, take-up will be low, the company will exploit the clawback and so on but one could say that about any project. One could similarly say in regard to the construction of a school or hospital that the building will be badly built and so on.