Mr. Patrick Neary:

One thing I would like to go through in brief is the challenge NBI faces in the context of delivering the project. It is a large-scale roll-out over initially 100,000 km of roadway and up to 140,000 km of fibre. It has a substantial amount of activity to kick off, getting its IT systems ready for onboarding service providers and getting the products to market, as well as commencing the design activities and starting to roll out to the different deployment areas. To design a solution that we feel is credible and robust, it has put together a team of people who are highly experienced in rolling out networks in Ireland and internationally. It has brought in people with deep experience of using the Eir infrastructure, one of the lead technical people has over 40 years' experience in rolling out networks.