Eamon Ryan (Dublin South, Green Party)

The policy is to take the approach from the company and go into the details to find out the merits of each form of separation. I do not wish to rule out any outcome but would take into account several factors. The functional separation in the UK seems to work effectively with BT operating a wholesale business. The advantage there is that a retail arm remains which has a check on the quality of or need for good services in the wholesale arm. This is a complex question. The company has not reached a conclusion on whether it will be functionally or structurally separated.

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