Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

First of all, it is not possible to predict how this company will recover equity and whether it will recover it in year one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten or 25. That depends on the success of this proposal. The company is taking on risk here. It is taking on risk with regard to the roll-out and take-up. Obviously, it is coming in here in the hope it will make a return on its investment but there is no way I can say when it will recover its equity.

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