Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 12 June 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment

National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed)

Photo of Timmy DooleyTimmy Dooley (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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This is why it is useful to have the witnesses before the committee from a technical point of view. Last week, we had a discussion on what the net value of the company might be at the end. To me, the value of the company at the end has increased dramatically given the information the witnesses have provided us with, which is that this is not fibre optic connected to the outer extremities of an existing network but the building of an entirely new network servicing 840,000 premises and probably more because my understanding is-----