Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 3 July 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment

National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed)

Photo of Tim LombardTim Lombard (Fine Gael)
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The witnesses have gone over some of the red line issues. One of them I heard mentioned concerned the bond, security or fixed amount of money pertaining to the bill. There has been an awful lot of talk and speculation about the €220 million that was going to be put up front by the preferred bidder. Was Eir happy to engage in that process and put up that sum of money or another sum on the table as a guarantee going forward?