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Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment
Broadband Service Provision: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

Bobby Aylward: They will be rented from Eircom to the company.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment
Broadband Service Provision: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

Bobby Aylward: Is that being done by the Department or by the company to which the contract is being given? Who makes the deal with Eircom or whoever? Who signs up to the deal? Is the company that is going to come in - Enet - doing the contract or is the Department in charge of the contract? I refer to the contract for accessing the infrastructure.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment
Broadband Service Provision: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

Bobby Aylward: Okay. How is it envisaged that the broadband will be rolled out? I know there is a 25-year contract. As a Deputy for a rural constituency, I cannot emphasise enough how important broadband is for rural Ireland. When couples ask me to help them out with planning permission, I am almost asked about broadband coverage in the area first. This occurs regularly. Ten years ago, no one even knew...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment
Broadband Service Provision: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

Bobby Aylward: Mr. Griffin said people can work from home and that companies are happy to leave staff at home if there is coverage.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment
Broadband Service Provision: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

Bobby Aylward: I am talking about rural Ireland because coverage is very good in the towns. It will be good in the towns. Naturally, they are prioritised because they have dense populations. In five years, will most of rural Ireland be covered? I realise 100% will never be covered. No one can ever say 100%. Will most of rural Ireland have broadband of up to 100 Mbps?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment
Broadband Service Provision: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

Bobby Aylward: It is good for listeners to hear that.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment
Broadband Service Provision: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

Bobby Aylward: I want to ask about technology. Fibre-optic cable seems to be the priority. One hears on the grapevine that there is new technology coming on stream the whole time, and some speak about satellite. Will what we are doing now be outdated in five years? I realise technology keeps progressing but there is talk that there could be satellite coverage. I do not know whether that is probable. I...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment
Broadband Service Provision: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

Bobby Aylward: Just yesterday, I received a presentation from a representative from Eir. That representative mentioned the roll-out of the old land lines, which were copper rather than fibre-optic cable. The representative said that if there are good copper lines – many of them are old – up to 80 Mbps or 100 Mbps could be achieved. Are these lines all to be replaced with the fibre-optic...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment
Broadband Service Provision: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

Bobby Aylward: Are all the copper lines to be replaced by fibre-optic cables?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment
Broadband Service Provision: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

Bobby Aylward: What percentage of the population has reasonable cover at present? Have the witnesses those statistics?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment
Broadband Service Provision: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

Bobby Aylward: Seventy-four percent have satisfactory cover.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment
Broadband Service Provision: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

Bobby Aylward: What about the 700,000 who are left out of the loop?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment
Broadband Service Provision: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

Bobby Aylward: Last week in Carlow, there was a launch by Vodafone and SIRO. This must be cutting down on-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment
Broadband Service Provision: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

Bobby Aylward: They must be cutting back on the waiting list – the 700,000 we are speaking of.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment
Broadband Service Provision: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

Bobby Aylward: That is what the NBP is to address.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment
Broadband Service Provision: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

Bobby Aylward: Our job is to scrutinise the expenditure of taxpayers' money. The Taoiseach said in the Dáil - I have asked about this a few times - the final cost will be a multiple of the original. Could the witnesses shed any light on that? Owing to the furore over expenditure on the national children's hospital, many believe there is a waste of money. What will the final figure be? Have they...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment
Broadband Service Provision: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

Bobby Aylward: Are we talking about billions of euro?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment
Broadband Service Provision: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

Bobby Aylward: Not even an idea?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment
Broadband Service Provision: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

Bobby Aylward: So Mr. Griffin is afraid to say.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment
Broadband Service Provision: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

Bobby Aylward: The Taoiseach said in the Dáil the cost would be multiples-----