Michael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-Galway, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I do not want to interrupt Ms Lennon but she might clarify one aspect. We were told at the time that Eir would not be given the licence. It came out later on that the EU forced the Irish Government to let Eir do what it said it would do for the simple reason that it would not be allowed to include it in the intervention area.