Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 6 December 2018

Public Accounts Committee

2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
Chapter 8 - Measures relating to Cyber Security
Chapter 9 - Energy Efficiency National Fund

9:00 am

Mr. Mark Griffin:

I will try to explain it as briefly as I can. There was an internal review by the Department which was supported by the external analysis of Norcontel. It formed basis of the decision at the end of 2016 and the principle to proceed on the basis of an option to extend. Between the end of 2016 and March 2017 we entered detailed negotiations with the MSE on issues related to revenue share, claw-back and the management service fee in order that we would achieve an even better outcome for the State. The final part was completed in March 2017. We undertook to make the pricing analysis which Analysys Mason was procured to undertake.