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:

The answer that I gave to Deputy Carroll MacNeill around the Eir make-ready programme was a little clumsy. For the purposes of the record, what I said in my opening statement is the state of play in relation to the Eir make-ready programme. It is a key piece. We are working hard together. There is close collaboration, which is essential given that we are relying on the network to deliver. The Minister of State, Deputy Ossian Smyth, Mr. Ó hÓbáin and I met the chair and CEO of both companies. We will do that again very shortly. To ensure the level of predictability that we require looking out to 2022 and 2023, Eir's make-ready programme is a key piece. That close working relationship needs to continue. I just wanted to clarify that.