Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I know the Business Committee will not have had an opportunity to consider this but given the publication of the auditor's report on the national broadband plan and the procurement process just before the commencement of Leaders' Questions, there is a necessity for the Dáil to consider this report. The report is so important that there is a need to debate and analyse it. In view of the level of controversy generated some time ago - leading to the resignation of a Minister - and the number of people who are dependent on the roll-out of the national broadband plan, I ask that the Business Committee meet to discuss whether any opportunity could be found this week to facilitate a debate on the Smyth report.

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