Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 15 September 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

Business of Joint Committee
Update on National Broadband Plan: National Broadband Ireland

Mr. Peter Hendrick:

When there is an impact on the programme, under the contract, if there is means for seeking relief for something that is outside of our control, which Covid-19 was, there is not an associated penalty if you get relief on contractual obligations. In terms of penalty, we do not get compensated for our operational costs and all our overhead costs. In terms of that delay we also suffer the loss of revenue. The contract does not see NBI made whole for some of these delays. Even though we get relief on time, we do not get compensation. I would say the cost to NBI is quite significant in terms of our operational overhead costs and our loss of revenue.

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