Results 13,101-13,120 of 28,162 for speaker:Catherine Murphy

Public Accounts Committee: Imagine Communications Group (14 Feb 2019)

Catherine Murphy: Mr. Bolger’s business case will be based on a certain initial take-up which might then increase.

Public Accounts Committee: Imagine Communications Group (14 Feb 2019)

Catherine Murphy: There is one remaining bidder in the consortium which is undertaking the national broadband plan, the delivery of which requires two components, one of which is at the technical end, while the other is the financial aspect. Mr. Bolger has described his backers and the technical side of his operation. Therefore, he has the combination required. Is the last remaining consortium coherent as...

Public Accounts Committee: Imagine Communications Group (14 Feb 2019)

Catherine Murphy: When Mr Bolger says everybody is talking about the issue, does he mean within the sector?

Public Accounts Committee: Imagine Communications Group (14 Feb 2019)

Catherine Murphy: I have struggled to keep on top of the companies in the consortium. That is fine and I thank Mr. Bolger.

Public Accounts Committee: Enet (14 Feb 2019)

Catherine Murphy: I welcome Mr. Peter McCarthy. I am sorry for the delay. I apologise in advance as I must leave after our exchange because I have somewhere to go.

Public Accounts Committee: Enet (14 Feb 2019)

Catherine Murphy: For the purpose of accuracy, the understanding was that Enet was going to lead the bid all along, and it has changed quite substantially. In actual fact, a number of subcontractors had been named as part of the consortium, which would be the case now, who would be engaged in the building out. The bid has changed very substantially, which was mentioned by others here today. The leadership...

Public Accounts Committee: Enet (14 Feb 2019)

Catherine Murphy: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: Enet (14 Feb 2019)

Catherine Murphy: Has the scheme remained with Enet or did it stay with Granahan McCourt?

Public Accounts Committee: Enet (14 Feb 2019)

Catherine Murphy: Is it with Enet?

Public Accounts Committee: Enet (14 Feb 2019)

Catherine Murphy: I seek a clarification because we probably will need to deal with this when we have the Department back in. Who, in the Department, regulates Enet? Does Enet specifically deal with somebody in the Department?

Public Accounts Committee: Enet (14 Feb 2019)

Catherine Murphy: Who leads the team?

Public Accounts Committee: Enet (14 Feb 2019)

Catherine Murphy: In terms of MANs, the Analysys Mason report talked about having received several complaints. Some of those would have been submissions and some would have been complaints. One of the entities that we talked to this morning confirmed that it had made submissions. Some of those issues have been captured in the report. Predominantly, it would have been to do with pricing and transparency,...

Public Accounts Committee: Enet (14 Feb 2019)

Catherine Murphy: Yes, if Mr. McCarthy could start with that and then address the pricing element. I will then come back to him on a third point.

Public Accounts Committee: Enet (14 Feb 2019)

Catherine Murphy: May I stop Mr McCarthy for a moment?

Public Accounts Committee: Enet (14 Feb 2019)

Catherine Murphy: I accept that when one considers making an investment, one has to look at whether one will get a return on it. If there had been a tender process, does Mr. McCarthy also accept that others would have had to make those kinds of decisions for exactly the same reason?

Public Accounts Committee: Enet (14 Feb 2019)

Catherine Murphy: May I stop Mr. McCarthy at this point?

Public Accounts Committee: Enet (14 Feb 2019)

Catherine Murphy: There was criticism of the lack of transparency in pricing and this has been picked up by the Analysys Mason report. There was one bill that did not differentiate, for example, between different components and whether there were discounts. We have heard from British Telecom, BT, this morning and we can only test this with companies that are purchasing from Enet whether the contract's terms...

Public Accounts Committee: Enet (14 Feb 2019)

Catherine Murphy: Yes. Before the contracts were extended, there were criticisms from companies which were significant purchasers from Enet. That has been picked up and I hope it will be remedied now and in the foreseeable future. Mr. McCarthy stated that there was a satisfactory relationship between Enet and its customers. However, the customers were saying there were serious problems. Does he accept that?

Public Accounts Committee: Enet (14 Feb 2019)

Catherine Murphy: I understand that.

Public Accounts Committee: Enet (14 Feb 2019)

Catherine Murphy: Is that the retail side?