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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (5 Jun 2019)
Tim Lombard: If the committee were to do something unusual by stating we should begin the national broadband process all over again, what timeline would Ms Connolly envisage for it?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (5 Jun 2019)
Tim Lombard: Realistically, it would be five years - 18 months plus another three years.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (5 Jun 2019)
Tim Lombard: I thank Ms Connolly for that response.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Jun 2019)
Tim Lombard: I echo the words of the Leader in welcoming the group from the Minane Bridge community alert association.I acknowledge that community alert associations do much good work in society, whether by providing alarms for the elderly or holding Christmas parties, summer outings and weekly meetings. The community garda attends meetings every month. That is an important part of the fabric in Irish...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2019)
Tim Lombard: I apologise for my absence, Chairman. Votes were called in the Seanad and the way this House works-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2019)
Tim Lombard: Indeed. I just wanted to explain that. I missed some of the presentations, so if I repeat what has been said, please forgive me. I ask about the €1 billion that we have heard a lot about. Will Ms Lennon break down exactly where that figure comes from and how Eir estimates that the build-out would be €1 billion? I refer to the build-out connection. Does that include...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2019)
Tim Lombard: Was that in Eir's original tender document?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2019)
Tim Lombard: What has changed between the statement and Eir's tender document?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2019)
Tim Lombard: Ms Lennon stated previously that there were 1,000 technicians servicing it and somebody has to pay for them at some stage.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2019)
Tim Lombard: What was Eir's bid?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2019)
Tim Lombard: Eir's original documentation put in for €3 billion, which included rental, which Ms Lennon stated previously involved I am not sure how many workmen.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2019)
Tim Lombard: Those 1,000 workmen will have to be paid anyway.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2019)
Tim Lombard: They will not be free because it is Eir. They will have to be paid anyway. What if a person were to take that into consideration? Did that €1 billion also include the VAT on this entire service?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2019)
Tim Lombard: I will ask about the original contract for the 300,000 houses.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2019)
Tim Lombard: How big was that contract? How many pages? Was it 50 or 200?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2019)
Tim Lombard: This is a considerable sum of money.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2019)
Tim Lombard: We are talking about a very different machine. We are talking about having large sums of Government money, our money, going into something and making sure it would be tied up. It is a different machine. Was it appropriate that we should have the solutions that have been talked about, in other words, a comprehensive solution, tied into that legal document or would Ms Lennon have preferred a...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2019)
Tim Lombard: Would Ms Lennon prefer the national broadband company would be set up to run that or for the Open Eir company to run it?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2019)
Tim Lombard: That is probably the issue. We are on about a totally different proposal. The 350,000 homes would mainly be, as Ms Lennon stated, urban homes-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2019)
Tim Lombard: -----in a rural setting, in other words, clusters of houses.