Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the witnesses. I always watch out for language in opening statements and some things jumped out at me. I have a different description of some terms. Fiscal transfers, for me, are penalties for not achieving something. Regarding recalculation, NBI has missed its targets. Turning to savings, those came from unspent moneys in programmes that were necessary, but I will be fair and say that Covid-19 has been a significant issue.

Those kind of things jump out at me. I will start with broadband and will make the point that others have made, which is that the intervention area is one thing but it is far from perfect in other areas, including my area. There was a concern from the outset about National Broadband Ireland's ability to deliver. Can the Department provide us with a note on what exactly was recalculated in the targets? My understanding is it will miss the targets for this year that were originally set out in the contract. What were those targets and how far short of those targets will it be?