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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jul 2019)

Joe O'Reilly: Our problem politically is if one has any. It is not that we have a problem confronting the issue of the masts per se. Our difficulty is that the process will go on and that we will not get the broadband into the homes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jul 2019)

Joe O'Reilly: Of course. That is what I meant.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jul 2019)

Joe O'Reilly: How will this delay the process? If they want to make a written submission on this, that is fine; otherwise, they can comment now.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jul 2019)

Joe O'Reilly: I have another question but I just want to make it very clear that we are not questioning the efficacy of the RISPA's services or the merit of what its members do - far from it. They need support, and what they do is important. The launch in Ballyhaise College was exciting and wonderful, and the more such events the better. That is not the issue here. Our issue is whether this is a viable...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jul 2019)

Joe O'Reilly: The final issue I wish to raise is relevant to people who are watching this or who will read about it in tomorrow's print media. RISPA made the point in its written submission that the projected cost of the national broadband plan has spiralled to €2.97 billion. We were led to understand by a number of other witnesses to the committee, by the Department, etc., that the State will get...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jul 2019)

Joe O'Reilly: I think it will.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jul 2019)

Joe O'Reilly: Ireland is evolving and changing. Who would have thought 20 years ago that we would all have mobile phones? Who would have thought when the ESB started that everyone would want an electricity supply given people were almost afraid of electricity at the outset? This process will change and there will be an enormous take-up. This is the future. We have a political imperative; the witnesses...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jul 2019)

Joe O'Reilly: We are questioning the proposition, as is our duty.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jul 2019)

Joe O'Reilly: We subjected the other witnesses, on all sides, to a similar set of questions because the report must reflect that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jul 2019)

Joe O'Reilly: When our guests talked about what they have to offer and the number of sites and masts they use now, I thought "That's great" but it is for a certain level of service. Net1 serves 4,000 in Cavan-Monaghan but the NBP will be for 540,000, which is very different. ComReg is putting a price of €1.8 billion on that and 5,910 new sites, according to its evidence. How does Mr. Gartlan react...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jul 2019)

Joe O'Reilly: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2019)

Joe O'Reilly: The questions I have relate to Mr. Godfrey's last answer to Deputy Dooley. They are repetitive to a degree but it is important that we get this clear and that I understand what ComReg is doing. Does ComReg regulation go as far as state regulation? Does ComReg deal with state aid?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2019)

Joe O'Reilly: It is not a ComReg function. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2019)

Joe O'Reilly: Is ComReg's regulatory toolkit, including the power to impose fines - the second element of the carrot and stick approach - sufficient to oversee the national broadband plan? Has ComReg enough power to oversee the plan?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2019)

Joe O'Reilly: The answer is "No", effectively.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2019)

Joe O'Reilly: Effectively the answer is "No".

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2019)

Joe O'Reilly: ComReg does not have in its toolkit a power to issue fines or similar powers. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2019)

Joe O'Reilly: This is something a reasonable bystander would wonder about if he was in the room with us. Why is there a difference between the type of regulation ComReg oversees for a company with dominant market power compared with a company receiving state aid?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2019)

Joe O'Reilly: State aid is effectivity for the Department. Is that the case? It is for the Government.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2019)

Joe O'Reilly: Behaviour relating to marketplace product operations is part of ComReg's brief. Is that accurate?