Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 12 June 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment

National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed)

Mr. Pat Kidney:

There is quite a distinction between the two, but the terms seem to be used interchangeably at the committee. The subsidy does not just depend on the network capital cost and the operating cost; it will also depend on revenue, take-up and many other factors of which we did not have sight. In fact, we were not aware of the €800 million cost until-----