Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 12 June 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment

National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed)

Dr. Matt Yardley:

It was a combination. In terms of where we are at in the process, some of the technical costs could certainly impact on how the bidder deals with subcontractors, for example. We were genuinely being prudent on that. We do not have a contract at this point, so from a technical costing perspective the overarching opinion was that we should have some caution on that.