Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 3 July 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment

National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed)

Mr. Mark Griffin:

The answer to the first question is "Yes". Granahan McCourt has passed all of the tests. I am referring to adherence to aspects such as the financial and technical requirements, future-proofing, the commitment to adhere to the obligations set out in the contract signed by all bidders in 2015, claw-back mechanisms, separate oversight mechanisms and the requirement to have ministerial appointees. All of these tests were passed and Granahan McCourt has signed up to adhere to all of these aspects of the contract. Notwithstanding recent comments, the company has the technical capacity to carry out the project.