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

Photo of Catherine MurphyCatherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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In order to make it attractive for people to connect, it must be financially attractive to them. Analysys Mason did a piece of work on metropolitan area networks. There was a lack of transparency regarding the people who ultimately were on the retail end. Is that built into what we are doing here with regard to national broadband? Are we going to run into the same difficulties or have the lessons regarding the price people will pay been learned?