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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Jul 2019)

Joe O'Reilly: That is hypothetical.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Jul 2019)

Joe O'Reilly: That has great societal benefits.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Jul 2019)

Joe O'Reilly: I thank Mr. Griffin for that. It is or should be very clear to people. I will race through the following point, but it is an important one. I refer to the opening statement which said there appeared to be support for a set of stated policy objectives, including getting to 100% of premises. We are all very keen on that. Another aim is strong protection for the State and taxpayers and we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Jul 2019)

Joe O'Reilly: Obviously, that included Eir.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Jul 2019)

Joe O'Reilly: That speaks volumes. In Eir's letter to the Department, it indicates that the NBP process would have forced Eir to offer better wholesale prices and access, better service levels and lower prices to the 20% of customers in the intervention area, which would have led ultimately to better prices, access and service levels for all customers. Eir indicates that would have had a catastrophic...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Jul 2019)

Joe O'Reilly: I refer the witnesses to Eir's evidence to the committee last week. It said it could complete the process for less than €1 billion. The letter received three days later indicated that the subsidy Eir would require would be between €500 million and €1.5 billion. None of the figures included VAT. Given the cost inflation over just three days, can we have any confidence...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Jul 2019)

Joe O'Reilly: I refer to "confidence" not "competence".

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Jul 2019)

Joe O'Reilly: However, those things are apples and oranges.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Jul 2019)

Joe O'Reilly: It would have been helpful if that had been put into the record last week to avoid creating confusion for the public.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Jul 2019)

Joe O'Reilly: I thank Mr. Ó hÓbáin for making that clear. Would the Department be happy to come back to the committee in writing if there is any other testimony it wishes to provide a comment on or if there are issues which occur either to members or the officials that were not covered today due to the constraints of the debate? This is a very serious matter. It raises enormous questions...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Jul 2019)

Joe O'Reilly: Yes. In so far as it can be achieved without losing the sense, I ask that it be put in language that is suitable to send to the people who elected us and which they can read.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Jul 2019)

Joe O'Reilly: It is all about them. I thank the witnesses.

Joint Standing Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Islands: Pobal Gaeilge i mBaile Munna: Plé (2 Jul 2019)

Joe O'Reilly: Déanaim comhghairdeas leis an gcoiste. Is iontach an scéal é. Mar a dúirt an Cathaoirleach níos luaithe, tá sé an-dearfach i gcomparáid lena lán scéalta a chloistear anseo. Tá sé iontach. Déanaim comhghairdeas arís. Is cosúil go bhfuil na finnéithe ag tabhairt ceannaireacht mhaith don phobal go léir agus...

Joint Standing Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Islands: Pobal Gaeilge i mBaile Munna: Plé (2 Jul 2019)

Joe O'Reilly: Sílim go bhfuil sé an-spéisiúil go bhfuil ceangal idir gluaiseacht agus borradh na Gaeilge agus féinmhuinín i measc daoine a mbíonn cineál brú orthu.

Joint Standing Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Islands: Pobal Gaeilge i mBaile Munna: Plé (2 Jul 2019)

Joe O'Reilly: Sílim go bhfuil sé iontach spéisiúil. Is rud faoi leith é. Níor chuala mé féin é sin riamh, ach tá an-chiall ag baint leis. Mar iarmhúinteoir, tuigim é agus is dóigh liom go bhfuil sé an-spéisiúil. Tréaslaím leis na finnéithe agus molaim iad as an obair iontach atá ar bun acu. Tá...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2019)

Joe O'Reilly: I welcome the witnesses and thank them for the briefing document they provided. In the document and their presentations, they put considerable focus on ownership of the network, which is reasonable. In their extensive submission they refer to schools and road projects and use them as a kind of benchmark. In their analysis, did they apply the same assumptions to the fibre broadband network...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2019)

Joe O'Reilly: I will repeat them if that is necessary. With the permission of the Chair, I will finish asking my questions. If the Chair would prefer, I will ask them one by one. I was assuming that the witnesses have a high level of capacity.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2019)

Joe O'Reilly: Have they considered the success or otherwise of the gap funded model used for broadband in the UK and Scotland? Have they looked at how that model worked there? That would be a valid comparative study. In fact, it would be the most valid comparison. A previous witness told the committee that in the UK, BT initially assessed a 20% take-up in the early years of the service, but the actual...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2019)

Joe O'Reilly: With respect, this is the nub of my question. As a layperson, I humbly suggest that it is not a valid comparison by virtue of the longevity of a school or hospital and the nature of their capacity to go on-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2019)

Joe O'Reilly: -----and the product over time.