Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 14 February 2019
Public Accounts Committee
2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment
Broadband Service Provision: Discussion
BT Ireland
9:00 am
Mr. Peter Evans:
Norcontel concluded it would be better value for money for the State to extend the contract and that there was inherent risk that the existing company would not invest or would de-invest in services in the period between 2017 and 2019 if the contract went to tender. We do not agree. Enet is very profitable and we do not think it would have de-invested in the MANs.