Brian Stanley (Laois, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The key issues are the need to roll out a national broadband network and to secure value for money for service users and the taxpayers who will provide the funding for the plan. Control and efficiency are the key pillars on which the plan must be built if it is to succeed.

On the last mile - I cannot think of a better way to describe it - the private sector will own the mains infrastructure. Some private sector companies are concerned about this, as the Minister and I both know because they have raised the matter with us.

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