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- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: National Broadband Plan: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (28 May 2019)
Barry Cowen: That is if it is not signed. If the Government does not get the clarifications we asked for or a lock system to ensure the State is not on the hook in the event of the consortium going belly up-----
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: National Broadband Plan: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (28 May 2019)
Barry Cowen: The Minister is not answering the question.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: National Broadband Plan: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (28 May 2019)
Barry Cowen: Have we an obligation to pay the consortium compensation if the contract is not signed?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: National Broadband Plan: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (28 May 2019)
Barry Cowen: The Minister said he was heavily involved in studying alternatives. Were the alternatives based on information provided by Granahan McCourt?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: National Broadband Plan: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (28 May 2019)
Barry Cowen: The Minister published some information which has not been redacted or blanked out. It states that the information presented in the document was developed with the intent of illustrating what could be achieved in a plan B scenario using high-level assumptions and assuming favourable timelines to complete several complex tasks. It states that the subsidy estimates presented in the paper, as...
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: National Broadband Plan: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (28 May 2019)
Barry Cowen: This paper was shared between the Minister and the Department of the Taoiseach for their consideration only and was then published by the Minister. It states that timelines and other supporting assumptions were taken from information by the bidder and experience gained. This is information not from his officials or officials from the Department of Communications, Climate Action and...
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: National Broadband Plan: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (28 May 2019)
Barry Cowen: It was with information provided by the bidder.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: National Broadband Plan: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (28 May 2019)
Barry Cowen: That is the exact point of the question. The paper the Minister produced states that specifically. There is another issue I want to ask about in this regard. Reference is made to alternatives that were high level. Is that correct?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: National Broadband Plan: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (28 May 2019)
Barry Cowen: They are not.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: National Broadband Plan: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (28 May 2019)
Barry Cowen: They are high-level assumptions. Is that correct?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: National Broadband Plan: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (28 May 2019)
Barry Cowen: They are referred to in the document I have before me as high-level assumptions.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: National Broadband Plan: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (28 May 2019)
Barry Cowen: The Taoiseach is anxious, as are other members of the Government-----
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: National Broadband Plan: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (28 May 2019)
Barry Cowen: I will only be two minutes.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: National Broadband Plan: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (28 May 2019)
Barry Cowen: He will defer to me if he needs to. The Taoiseach has said that we need to study this in great detail to come to the same conclusion that he and the Minister came to, if that is what we do. To do that we need the exact information that was available to the Minister in respect of the alternative options. Is that not correct? The Minister said earlier that he published the document I have...
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: National Broadband Plan: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (28 May 2019)
Barry Cowen: Was one of the-----
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: National Broadband Plan: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (28 May 2019)
Barry Cowen: Was one of the options a State agency?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: National Broadband Plan: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (28 May 2019)
Barry Cowen: Is the Minister concerned about the EU rules on a state agency carrying out the work this plan endeavours to achieve?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: National Broadband Plan: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (28 May 2019)
Barry Cowen: What is the situation in Croatia?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: National Broadband Plan: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (28 May 2019)
Barry Cowen: Why is Croatia-----
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: National Broadband Plan: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (28 May 2019)
Barry Cowen: Has the Minister studied the Croatian model? Is he aware of it?