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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Treatment of Former Garda (18 Jun 2019)

Kate O'Connell: I hope I am not misquoting the Minister when I say that he said that Ms Moynihan feels she was treated badly. I believe there is not a person in Ireland who thinks that she was treated in any way other than badly. It is certainly not acceptable by our standards today. I have said before that it is important for Members of this House to check our privilege on occasion, not the privilege of...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Treatment of Former Garda (18 Jun 2019)

Kate O'Connell: I wish to correct the Minister as it was me who raised in the Chamber the pension being backdated not Deputy O'Callaghan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2019)

Kate O'Connell: To follow on from those questions, there are essentially two schools of thought, namely, if one has an asset up to 25 years that one neglects, one sweats the asset, gets the value out of it and leaves bad cable, or one invests in it and sells something worth value. What the witnesses are saying, or perhaps I am misinterpreting them, is that of those two schools of thought, the first one of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2019)

Kate O'Connell: If it is, how can Dr. Palcic say that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2019)

Kate O'Connell: Of the two outcomes I have given.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2019)

Kate O'Connell: That is Dr. Palcic's personal opinion.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2019)

Kate O'Connell: This is important because it is a subject of major public debate. From the conversations we have had and the extensive questioning, there are two options, one of which is a valuable asset fit for purpose and updated. One of the witnesses mentioned that the technology being put in now is more advanced than day one. Let us say they do all the investment and everything works out great. We...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2019)

Kate O'Connell: What is Dr. Palcic saying?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2019)

Kate O'Connell: I do not find it funny by the way.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2019)

Kate O'Connell: I understand that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2019)

Kate O'Connell: Of the residual asset.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2019)

Kate O'Connell: The lower it would be as one goes through the process.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2019)

Kate O'Connell: However, we do not know its value. That is my point. I am trying to sum it up. I gave Dr. Palcic two options, one of which was having a defunct asset of a gold standard modern asset. Forget the gap funding model and all of that. He is an expert who was brought in here to inform us. Where in his opinion does he see it ending up? Will it be a defunct asset or-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2019)

Kate O'Connell: Okay, worn out. "Sweated" was the word Dr. Palcic used. He said "sweated the asset".

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2019)

Kate O'Connell: What Dr. Palcic has said is really speculative.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2019)

Kate O'Connell: I do not mean to be difficult; I am just trying to get to the answers. There has been much toing and froing. Is there is any issue, please correct me.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2019)

Kate O'Connell: In terms of where this ends up-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2019)

Kate O'Connell: That is where I am going now.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2019)

Kate O'Connell: That is where I was going next. Professor Reeves compared it to Eircom and explained it very well to us. In the case of Eircom, and Professor Reeves has done a lot of work on it, there were poles and cables attached to them and the ground around them, as such, but that is gone now and we cannot reverse that. I know it is regrettable as we could do with them to attach these cables but we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2019)

Kate O'Connell: Yes, it only half of the story.