Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 12 June 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment

Broadband Service Provision: Discussion

12:30 pm

Mr. Ronan Lupton:

On Mr. O'Dwyer's point, if Eir was to offer a change in its behaviour and a change in governance, it would take a burden away from the regulator and it may enhance the ability of the industry participants to compete with one another and with Eir's regional space. The disclosures in the Styles report, which were discussed earlier, as publicly reported were extraordinary in the context of an incumbent operator operating a telephone network and how it behaved internally. If the new board can have compliance with regulation, compliance with governance and fair behaviour at front and centre of its thinking, then the significant experience it can bring to the management of Eir should see effects on our bottom lines and on the ability of consumers to get better pricing, better services and faster connections.