Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)

Does the Minister consider it would be desirable for Eircom to considering splitting into a wholesale network provider and a retail provider of telecommunications services? If that were to happen would the Government be interested in using the split as a way to roll out broadband across the country and to ensure that the network was managed and regulated independently without a retail arm and concentrated solely on providing a wholesale pricing for the use of its network to all competing service providers?

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