Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 25 June 2019
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment
National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed)
Ms Carolan Lennon:
Our understanding is that, when state aid rules apply, a subsidy cannot be applied to a model where there is already commercial investment. Since Eir has already rolled out to the 300,000, I do not think it would be reasonable to subsidise NBI to connect customers in that area. I think that applies to all state aid subsidy.