Results 7,481-7,500 of 26,021 for speaker:Kieran O'Donnell
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Update: National Broadband Ireland (27 Jan 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: I accept that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Update: National Broadband Ireland (27 Jan 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: That is where the heavy lifting is done.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Update: National Broadband Ireland (27 Jan 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Mr. Malone might come back to us on those items. We are here to help with the roll-out. The gap-intervention areas are important to all of us. We welcome the fact that NBI, at our request, sought to determine whether something could be done. In rural areas of Limerick, there are cases of individuals who do not have fibre broadband while their neighbours over the ditch do. We need to...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Update: National Broadband Ireland (27 Jan 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Update: National Broadband Ireland (27 Jan 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: I thank Mr. Malone. I wish NBI well with the work. It will revolutionise rural Ireland. It looks like NBI has all the retailers on board, but it is a question of the last aspect, the premises. The delegates are the technical people but I am commenting on what the layman looking in really wants. The gap-intervention areas are key as well. We will continue to engage with NBI. The...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Update: National Broadband Ireland (27 Jan 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: I cannot expect Mr. Hendrick to comment on the following matter with without careful thought. We want to deal with the broadband. Where does Mr. Hendrick believe the inaccuracies and misrepresentations were in the media? Does he want to comment on that? There is an opportunity to do so here, in a public forum.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Update: National Broadband Ireland (27 Jan 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: To get to the nub of it, is Mr. Hendrick, as the CEO of NBI, happy that NBI's financial structure and particularly its capital base and access to capital are secure enough to ensure there will be no hiccups in the roll-out of the national broadband plan?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Update: National Broadband Ireland (27 Jan 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Mr. Hendrick, with regard to this proposal to look for new investors, who will they be? Obviously, you will have to get approval from the Department for that. What is the profile of that type of investor and what will the funds be used for? Is it about the broadband roll-out here or what is the purpose of this?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Update: National Broadband Ireland (27 Jan 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Does that compromise it in any way? NBI was set up to roll out broadband in Ireland. If Mr. Hendrick is bringing in additional private investors to invest in NBI as a company or entity and NBI is now going to start doing the roll-out of broadband networks elsewhere in Europe-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Update: National Broadband Ireland (27 Jan 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Update: National Broadband Ireland (27 Jan 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Why?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Update: National Broadband Ireland (27 Jan 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: With due respect, that is three or five years hence. Why is NBI now looking for new investors?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Update: National Broadband Ireland (27 Jan 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: What does this bring to the roll-out?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Update: National Broadband Ireland (27 Jan 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Does the State have any involvement?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Update: National Broadband Ireland (27 Jan 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Mr. Hendrick-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Update: National Broadband Ireland (27 Jan 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: I accept that. Why is that not standalone?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Update: National Broadband Ireland (27 Jan 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Why is Mr. Henrick bringing it up today?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Update: National Broadband Ireland (27 Jan 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: It is slightly different, being the devil’s advocate here. The State is basically paying for the roll-out of the establishment of a rural broadband fibre based network. That involves the hiring and training of staff. That is being paid for by the State for the period of the build-out. If those staff are to be used on another project that is unrelated to this one, I must ask the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Update: National Broadband Ireland (27 Jan 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Outside of Ireland.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Update: National Broadband Ireland (27 Jan 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: No, but private investors coming in would not be investing in the roll-out of the national broadband network.