Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 9 November 2023

Public Accounts Committee

Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
Financial Statements 2022: Sustainability Energy Authority of Ireland
2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 8: Performance of Certain Residential Retrofit Schemes

9:30 am

Photo of Alan KellyAlan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour)
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I would encourage SEAI to do more. I need to move on, and I wish Ms O'Brien the best of luck in her new role.

On the national broadband plan, and the €8 million underspend, what milestone was missed to ensure there was an underspend of €13.5 million, and how was there a forecasting error of €20 million? What is the updated timeline for the completion of the plan, and where we are with regard to benchmarking where we should be on the plan?