James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister. In 2014, it was announced that the NBP would be a Rolls-Royce, but most of the wheels have now come off. SIRO, the partnership between Vodafone and ESB, has pulled out, as has Eir, leaving only Enet and SSE as the sole wheel. SSE and John Laing have pulled out consortium bidding for the tender, leaving the Minister with only an investment fund led by Granahan McCourt. The Rolls-Royce has been left with one wheel and the wheel is left with one spoke. The spoke is getting covered in mire due to questions on the Minister's arranged meetings with David McCourt. Can the people of Wexford or anywhere in Ireland have faith that the national broadband plan will be delivered in a pristine condition?

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