Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 27 January 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

National Broadband Plan Update: National Broadband Ireland

Mr. T.J. Malone:

I will recap on the Covid impact we have had. Omicron, in particular, has spread its way through at a much faster rate. We have suffered hugely over December and January - no different from any other business. One of our contractors had a peak of 60% of staff either self-isolating or being directly affected by Covid.

We had a second contractor with absenteeism of 52%, right down to a rate of about 29% with other contractors.