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Public Accounts Committee: Eir (14 Feb 2019)

Catherine Connolly: Eir was watching the appropriate sites to see it come up.

Public Accounts Committee: Eir (14 Feb 2019)

Catherine Connolly: However, Eir had expected that there would be.

Public Accounts Committee: Eir (14 Feb 2019)

Catherine Connolly: Would that have been the normal in this business?

Public Accounts Committee: Eir (14 Feb 2019)

Catherine Connolly: Eir was watching for it.

Public Accounts Committee: Eir (14 Feb 2019)

Catherine Connolly: How did Eir become aware that it would not be retendered and that it was being extended?

Public Accounts Committee: Eir (14 Feb 2019)

Catherine Connolly: Did Eir make a complaint at that point?

Public Accounts Committee: Eir (14 Feb 2019)

Catherine Connolly: Eir discussed it with the Department. Can Ms Lennon share what was discussed?

Public Accounts Committee: Eir (14 Feb 2019)

Catherine Connolly: Was a reason given?

Public Accounts Committee: Eir (14 Feb 2019)

Catherine Connolly: No reason was given at all. Was Eir happy to take no reason?

Public Accounts Committee: Eir (14 Feb 2019)

Catherine Connolly: It a serious matter not to retender something. A decision was made - and I am not saying that there was anything wrong with that - but we now learn that a report was done. Did Eir have an input into the report on which that decision was based?

Public Accounts Committee: Eir (14 Feb 2019)

Catherine Connolly: Did Eir have any input into this report?

Public Accounts Committee: Eir (14 Feb 2019)

Catherine Connolly: Eir applied. BT explained to us earlier that, under state aid, it wanted to participate in the initial tender. Did Eir enter into the initial tender going back to-----

Public Accounts Committee: Eir (14 Feb 2019)

Catherine Connolly: It was indicated, by the entity that was before us earlier, that it was excluded because there would have been conflict. The entity that got it did not have that conflict but, subsequently, did. Would Eir not have had the same conflict had it applied if the Department had retendered?

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

Catherine Connolly: I thank our guests very much. This has been helpful. They are here in a voluntary capacity and I appreciate that. It is good to get the views of all the delegations that have been before us. I have read the material and I will go back and read it again. Is Mr. Bolger stating that he agrees with the national development of broadband and wants to work with it-----

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

Catherine Connolly: -----but that fibre to the home is wrong from Imagine's point of view? Is he stating that the latter is not necessary?

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

Catherine Connolly: That is-----

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

Catherine Connolly: I am only trying to understand what is here so that I can-----

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

Catherine Connolly: And different solutions.

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

Catherine Connolly: In a phased approach.

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

Catherine Connolly: That has been helpful. I will finish on this. In the third paragraph on the first page of the statement submitted by Imagine Communications Group, reference is made to 400,000 out of the 540,000 premises . Are these the same premises we were talking about at this morning's session with another group of witnesses? Are these the 540,000 premises-----