Seán Crowe (Dublin South West, Sinn Fein)

Does the Minister of State accept that Eircom has come full circle? Once it was a fully listed company on the Stock Exchange with a fixed line and mobile network service. Later, it sold its mobile network service. Subsequently, it delisted from the Stock Exchange before floating again last year and since then it has talked about buying another mobile telephone company. It appears to have gone in a circle. Perhaps the circle to which Members should return is consideration of the question of public ownership.

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