Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Okay, that is if Eir is still using it. Presumably, there is a corresponding charge where the ducting used is owned by the private consortium that owns Eir. We owned Eir; it was a semi-State company. I do not expect Mr. Mulligan to answer that because it will depend on the size of the ducting, the number of cables going through it and the amount of infrastructure in it. A lot of this infrastructure was put in place before 2000 and prior to the privatisation of Eir. The subsidy from the taxpayer, which is roughly 90% of the overall cost of the project - what has been put upfront for it - comes from the taxpayer. The taxpayer and State are essentially paying the subsidy for the renting of these poles and ducting, which the public company once owned by the taxpayer provided in the first place. Is that correct?