Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 12 June 2019
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment
National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed)
Timmy Dooley (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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Does Mr. Yardley not accept there is potential for that contract to breach state aid rules? On the basis it is rolling fibre past the homes of 300,000 people who have a service, what is to stop Granahan McCourt in the not too distant future from offering a connection service to those 300,000 in competition with the existing commercial provider? If that were to happen, it would mean using state aid to provide a benefit to Granahan McCourt to compete in an area not within the intervention area.