Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 13 October 2022

Public Accounts Committee

2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 9: Implementation of the National Broadband Plan

9:30 am

Mr. Ciar?n ? h?b?in:

In some instances, the Deputy is talking about a situation where a network simply ends. There will always be a next house where the network ends. If a commercial operator wishes to extend its operations, it can. If it does not, however, we cannot compel it to do so. The other instance, then, is one where a home is trapped within an area where there is a network. NBI has gone to and engaged with the market, and it is running a process that is due to conclude before the end of this year. It has asked commercial operators to come forward with proposed solutions for those infill premises in areas where there is existing infrastructure. Therefore, NBI is specifically actioning this aspect.