Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 10 February 2022

Public Accounts Committee

2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
National Broadband Plan Expenditure and Related Matters

9:30 am

Mr. Mark Griffin:

That will go to NBI as subsidy to connect. In fact, it is quite different compared to other international projects where that type of subsidy is not provided and the homeowners themselves will have to provide the connection costs. The State has decided it will subside that.