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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
BT Ireland (14 Feb 2019) Catherine Connolly: There is a question now as to whether there is a conflict of interest with the entity that actually won. That is the very thing that prevented BT from going in. The rules prevented BT from going in but the entity that got it-----
- 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
BT Ireland (14 Feb 2019) Catherine Connolly: When it became an operator in time, the rules applied.
- 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
BT Ireland (14 Feb 2019) Catherine Connolly: Therefore, there is a role for the regulator or for somebody else here. It can happen that somebody is not an operator at the time, they become an operator and then there seems to be conflict of interest. There is nobody in a monitoring position to say that matters have changed. Not alone that, but the contract was extended after that had become apparent.
- 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
BT Ireland (14 Feb 2019) Catherine Connolly: Were the witnesses aware that this has been with the Department since March last year?
- Public Accounts Committee: Eir (14 Feb 2019)
Catherine Connolly: I thank Ms Lennon for coming before the committee. It is very helpful. There is no obligation on her and we appreciate it. Does Eir have figures on uptake and use?
- Public Accounts Committee: Eir (14 Feb 2019)
Catherine Connolly: Eir is not publishing the figures because they are sensitive, but it has something in its business plan and targets to be achieved. What percentage did Ms Lennon give?
- Public Accounts Committee: Eir (14 Feb 2019)
Catherine Connolly: Eir used to present the uptake at one time.
- Public Accounts Committee: Eir (14 Feb 2019)
Catherine Connolly: When was that?
- Public Accounts Committee: Eir (14 Feb 2019)
Catherine Connolly: Eir has decided that it will no longer publish these figures.
- Public Accounts Committee: Eir (14 Feb 2019)
Catherine Connolly: The figure of 14% seems very low.
- Public Accounts Committee: Eir (14 Feb 2019)
Catherine Connolly: I am only trying to check.
- Public Accounts Committee: Eir (14 Feb 2019)
Catherine Connolly: I refer to the 300,000 properties for which there was a commercial business case. Eir wishes to complete this by June.
- Public Accounts Committee: Eir (14 Feb 2019)
Catherine Connolly: How many remain to be completed?
- Public Accounts Committee: Eir (14 Feb 2019)
Catherine Connolly: That is rural and urban.
- Public Accounts Committee: Eir (14 Feb 2019)
Catherine Connolly: Therefore, 76% of that is done. I return to the MANs. Presumably Ms Lennon has read the report.
- Public Accounts Committee: Eir (14 Feb 2019)
Catherine Connolly: That is okay; we only saw it less than an hour ago.
- Public Accounts Committee: Eir (14 Feb 2019)
Catherine Connolly: Did Eir know that the report was with the Department for a year?
- Public Accounts Committee: Eir (14 Feb 2019)
Catherine Connolly: According to Ms Lennon's opening statement, Eir was waiting for the project to be retendered and was disappointed that it was not.
- Public Accounts Committee: Eir (14 Feb 2019)
Catherine Connolly: Ms Lennon said that Eir was going to enter that process with a view to getting the tender -----
- Public Accounts Committee: Eir (14 Feb 2019)
Catherine Connolly: ---- in the same way that Eir entered the broadband area. What is Ms Lennon's understanding of why it was not tendered?