Eamon Ryan (Dublin South, Green Party)

The report will be published within days. As I said, the work has been done and the crucial issue now is how to use the information. We are all agreed on the concept of providing access to State infrastructure. One option is to go for a public private partnership model whereby an external body would be brought in to manage the variety of different assets available in a single one-stop shop. Alternatively, we could deploy an existing provider, possibly a State company, to take over the other assets and operate them on a one-stop basis. Whichever option we choose, what is important is that we provide that access in a way that helps all operators. The objective is a platform and operator neutral provision of much higher bandwidth speeds throughout the country using State infrastructure to support commercial investment.

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