Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 27 January 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

National Broadband Plan Update: National Broadband Ireland

Photo of Timmy DooleyTimmy Dooley (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

In the interests of clarity, I will restate my concern.

We have all heard the concerns regarding inflation, particularly in the construction sector. No doubt some of that would have been factored in within the initial offering. Where is the company now with respect to accessing funds to meet the increased cost of rolling this out? Has it done some modelling on what the increased costs of building out the network will in light of a scarcity of staff? We have heard this is a major issue right across telecommunications companies and construction. That is putting pressure on the process. Is there a quantum of what that would be?

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