Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 29 June 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport
National Broadband Plan Update: National Broadband Ireland
Ruairí Ó Murchú (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
There is no point in going back over it. The fact is that the only game in town is the self-installed product. The quicker that can happen the better. The quicker it happens, the more chance we have of pulling seven years back into six years.
On the issue of penalties, is it a matter of paperwork? Initially it sounded like the NBI was being kept to what had been the previous deadlines or timelines, while factoring out a certain percentage that was allowable for Covid-19, but some of it was seen to be at the NBI's door.
No comments