Mr. Fergal Mulligan:

The Analysys Mason document set out what the bidders had told us about difficulties in getting information on the product being made available. As my colleague stated, that product was in development in 2017. It was a new product. Products take a long time to develop in the wholesale telecoms world. The information was not available to SIRO and Granahan McCourt at the time. The pricing had nothing to do with the 2017 process. I said that in 2018, following the information notice from ComReg, Ireland had benefited because Eir had put a lower price on the use of poles. It was available to everyone in 2017. It was €20 for everyone in 2017 and slightly lower in 2018 for anyone who was still involved in the process. It just happened that there was only one bidder left in the process, but it got a discount through the open eir product set.