Ms Carolan Lennon:

For me, it is not about the size of the document. The gap-funding model was picked at the start because the view was that would give the best competitive tension and outcome. In reality, because it created a level playing field, advantages that someone like Eir has because we own infrastructure - we have it there today to use - were taken away. That is okay. The Senator might say that is fine, it is fair or whatever, but that drives the costs. It is not for me to decide whether that is right or wrong, but that is what happened. In reality, I would be certain that if I had a €1 billion cheque tomorrow, I could build and connect those homes because we are just coming to the end of having done it for 340,000.