Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

One of the outcomes of this approach the Government is taking is that it is creating a monopoly for rural Ireland, with large chunks of the country in a future network ownership that will not be undone. Once this contract is signed, that is the monopoly in place and it will be in place for the foreseeable future, even beyond the already long 25-year period. The Government is effectively creating a monopoly network provider. While there will be open access and so on, when it comes to the ownership, a monopoly network is being created for rural Ireland.