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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)

Seán Fleming: The public will want to know whether they can expect to see a reduction in their bills in due course.

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)

Seán Fleming: The reduction will eventually trickle down to consumers.

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)

Seán Fleming: Fabulous.

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)

Seán Fleming: That might be the opinion of the committee.

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)

Seán Fleming: Wow.

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)

Seán Fleming: I call Deputy O'Connell and I ask her to be brief so we can bring in Eir in a few minutes to deal with it before the vote.

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)

Seán Fleming: It is the 999 emergency service.

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)

Seán Fleming: I call Deputy Catherine Murphy and I ask her to be brief because we want to bring in Eir and complete our discussions with it before the voting starts.

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)

Seán Fleming: I am going to conclude this session. On behalf of myself and the committee, I thank Mr. Evans and Mr. O'Dwyer for being here. We found it interesting and educational, which is why they are here. I think the public has learned a lot in the last hour or so. I thank them and appreciate their attendance here.

Public Accounts Committee: Eir (14 Feb 2019)

Seán Fleming: I welcome Ms Carolan Lennon, chief executive officer of Eir. She is accompanied by Mr. Edward Storey, director of strategy and corporate communications. I remind everybody to put mobile phones onto airplane mode, as merely having them on silent can interfere with the recording system. I thank the witnesses for their attendance. I want the public to know the witnesses are not obliged to be...

Public Accounts Committee: Eir (14 Feb 2019)

Seán Fleming: I thank Ms Lennon for her presentation.

Public Accounts Committee: Eir (14 Feb 2019)

Seán Fleming: A fast rate.

Public Accounts Committee: Eir (14 Feb 2019)

Seán Fleming: These are strictly five minute slots in order that everybody can ask his or her questions before the witnesses leave.

Public Accounts Committee: Eir (14 Feb 2019)

Seán Fleming: I now call Deputy Connolly.

Public Accounts Committee: Eir (14 Feb 2019)

Seán Fleming: The Deputy was asking a different question about the cost of deducting-----

Public Accounts Committee: Eir (14 Feb 2019)

Seán Fleming: The Deputy is thinking of the MANs figure-----

Public Accounts Committee: Eir (14 Feb 2019)

Seán Fleming: I have a few questions, the answers to which perhaps might give us a better understanding of the whole system. Eir started to talk to the Department several years ago. I am looking at the updated Ireland broadband intervention strategy 2015. When did Eir start to talk to the Department about the rural broadband plan?

Public Accounts Committee: Eir (14 Feb 2019)

Seán Fleming: The discussion n the tender process started in December 2015.

Public Accounts Committee: Eir (14 Feb 2019)

Seán Fleming: We are still not at the end of the process three years later. I have a concern about how relevant the tender process is after three and a half years. The process now covers approximately 540,000 houses. When the discussions started, how many homes were scheduled to benefit?

Public Accounts Committee: Eir (14 Feb 2019)

Seán Fleming: There has been a change. That figure was reached on the basis that it was not commercially viable and that it qualified for State aid.