Noel Dempsey (Meath, Fianna Fail)

A tendering process would be necessary. At this stage, we are asking whether we should divide the country into small areas, as we were doing, to provide services on a countywide or regional basis or if we should develop a single national contract. There are advantages and disadvantages to each option. We are sure, however, that we want a technology neutral solution so that we do not give the tender to one company only to have it claim it is running out of copper wires.

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