Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

I sought time for a debate on National Broadband Ireland. Both The Currencyand theBusiness Post have published very useful articles showing the opaque nature and the level of investment by the principals that would be a cause of concern for the stability of this important project. Last Sunday the Business Postreported that a review was to happen but it appears to have concluded at this stage. It is essential that we do our job in holding the Government to account. This is a very expensive project. It is important to have a debate in this House to examine the matter. It is also important that the contract is published in full. As there was no competitor, I cannot see where the commercial sensitivity is. It was agreed by Deputy Bruton when he was the Minister. That has not happened. We need to scrutinise this at this stage.

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