Rose Conway Walsh (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Okay. In 2016, the public spending code benchmark figure for the deal we are talking about was set at €800 million and today's State subsidy stands at €2.97 billion. Is it not fair to say that the reason for the cost to the taxpayer spiralling out of control was, in fact, a consequence of the deal that Eir secured with Fine Gael in 2017 to provide services to the 300,000 households?