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Public Accounts Committee: Regional Internet Service Providers Association (14 Feb 2019)

Seán Fleming: In other words, it is a building.

Public Accounts Committee: Regional Internet Service Providers Association (14 Feb 2019)

Seán Fleming: Is it like mobile phones?

Public Accounts Committee: Regional Internet Service Providers Association (14 Feb 2019)

Seán Fleming: Is it mainly for business, rather than domestic customers? What is the breakdown?

Public Accounts Committee: Regional Internet Service Providers Association (14 Feb 2019)

Seán Fleming: Is getting more spectrum the greatest issue facing Mr. Matthews' organisation?

Public Accounts Committee: Regional Internet Service Providers Association (14 Feb 2019)

Seán Fleming: What is the holdup? Is the spectrum gone or is it being held for others? What is involved?

Public Accounts Committee: Regional Internet Service Providers Association (14 Feb 2019)

Seán Fleming: I know that is a process. Has RISPA applied for more spectrum to use?

Public Accounts Committee: Regional Internet Service Providers Association (14 Feb 2019)

Seán Fleming: What is the rationale for not providing the additional spectrum? Mr. Matthews must have an idea. It is more than just a blank wall.

Public Accounts Committee: Regional Internet Service Providers Association (14 Feb 2019)

Seán Fleming: To the fibre?

Public Accounts Committee: Regional Internet Service Providers Association (14 Feb 2019)

Seán Fleming: Has RISPA submitted a bid for more spectrum?

Public Accounts Committee: Regional Internet Service Providers Association (14 Feb 2019)

Seán Fleming: It is a financial issue then.

Public Accounts Committee: Regional Internet Service Providers Association (14 Feb 2019)

Seán Fleming: Are there large fees when people get spectrum?

Public Accounts Committee: Regional Internet Service Providers Association (14 Feb 2019)

Seán Fleming: Some €68 million for spectrum? What would the total value of the spectrum have been? Should we ask the regulator? I cannot expect Mr. Matthews to know. Where do I go to find out?

Public Accounts Committee: Regional Internet Service Providers Association (14 Feb 2019)

Seán Fleming: In appendix C of Mr. Matthews' submission, practically all the spectrum is assigned to the major mobile phone companies.

Public Accounts Committee: Regional Internet Service Providers Association (14 Feb 2019)

Seán Fleming: When Mr. Matthews said major companies, I wondered if the major pharmaceutical companies or others were getting their own spectrum.

Public Accounts Committee: Regional Internet Service Providers Association (14 Feb 2019)

Seán Fleming: Of the mobile network. Have any on the fixed wireless network got spectrum?

Public Accounts Committee: Regional Internet Service Providers Association (14 Feb 2019)

Seán Fleming: So there are not at the moment.

Public Accounts Committee: Regional Internet Service Providers Association (14 Feb 2019)

Seán Fleming: What spectrum does RISPA use?

Public Accounts Committee: Regional Internet Service Providers Association (14 Feb 2019)

Seán Fleming: What range is it?

Public Accounts Committee: Regional Internet Service Providers Association (14 Feb 2019)

Seán Fleming: Who uses it other than RISPA?

Public Accounts Committee: Regional Internet Service Providers Association (14 Feb 2019)

Seán Fleming: We will take that up with the Department because it will be back before us. A reason that we have a variety of groups before us is to give us information that we would not have had before we started this meeting. I thank Mr. Matthews for attending. We have two other groups to meet this afternoon. We are learning. It is complicated but that is what we are here for.