Timmy Dooley (Clare, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

There are many questions about the Minister's relationship with the remaining bidder. On what other occasions did the Minister meet David McCourt, or representatives on his behalf?

Were the meetings minuted? Will the Minister release the minutes of the meetings? What officials accompanied him to the meetings? Did he have lunch with David McCourt at Leinster House on 18 April, the very same day he answered questions in the Dáil on his inappropriate role in the Celtic Media Group takeover? At any time during the process, did David McCourt or his representatives discuss with the Minister the extension by his Department of the concession agreement with Enet for the municipal area network, MAN, contract without retendering? If so, was that before the sale of Enet? Was the Minister aware of his intention to sell a stake in Enet when he extended the concession agreement for the MANs? Did that form part of any Granahan McCourt involvement in the national broadband plan, NBP? Is the Minister about to gamble a vast amount of taxpayers' money on the roll-out of broadband by a private investment fund? It is not like Eir, the ESB, Vodafone, Enet, SSE or the John Laing Group. This is a big gamble and if it goes wrong, the taxpayer will lose and the 542,000 families and businesses waiting for broadband will lose even more.

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