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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Roll-out: Discussion (18 Nov 2020)

Kieran O'Donnell: Does NBI never link into existing broadband providers' fibre cable?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Roll-out: Discussion (18 Nov 2020)

Kieran O'Donnell: So it does.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Roll-out: Discussion (18 Nov 2020)

Kieran O'Donnell: When will NBI have the database that Senator Dooley has asked for?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Roll-out: Discussion (18 Nov 2020)

Kieran O'Donnell: When will the database be in place so that anyone in the country will know when they will be connected?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Roll-out: Discussion (18 Nov 2020)

Kieran O'Donnell: It only covers the next year.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Roll-out: Discussion (18 Nov 2020)

Kieran O'Donnell: Can Ms Collins take that on board?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Roll-out: Discussion (18 Nov 2020)

Kieran O'Donnell: We have to be careful. It is sensitive. We will couch it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Roll-out: Discussion (18 Nov 2020)

Kieran O'Donnell: Has NBI access to Eir's fibre?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Roll-out: Discussion (18 Nov 2020)

Kieran O'Donnell: In layman's term, does NBI have access to the fibre? For instance, in the blue areas which are the gap areas, has NBI access to the fibre? Could NBI, in the morning, go to Eir and say that it wishes to link up with its fibre which is running alongside the gap areas?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Roll-out: Discussion (18 Nov 2020)

Kieran O'Donnell: Is NBI looking to build a broadband fibre network that will be able to cover every household in five or seven years' time? Is it building a network that is independent of Eir and other providers?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Roll-out: Discussion (18 Nov 2020)

Kieran O'Donnell: Will NBI have cable running in every area of the country? I know it will serve the intervention areas.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Roll-out: Discussion (18 Nov 2020)

Kieran O'Donnell: No. A specific question was asked. Under the contract, could NBI go to Eir in the morning and come to an agreement to connect to the latter's fibre cables in order to service the gaps?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Roll-out: Discussion (18 Nov 2020)

Kieran O'Donnell: That is not an adequate answer for us. The main queries we get about broadband are from people in gap areas. Mr. Hendrick has still not answered the question. Under the contract that NBI signed with the Government, could it prioritise the surveying of the gap areas and then do a deal with Eir, which is the main provider of commercial fibre cable, to link to its fibre broadband so that the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Roll-out: Discussion (18 Nov 2020)

Kieran O'Donnell: Explore it under the contract.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Roll-out: Discussion (18 Nov 2020)

Kieran O'Donnell: Will NBI examine what Deputy Lowry and everyone else suggested to see whether it can reach a commercial arrangement with Eir to fill in the gaps?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Roll-out: Discussion (18 Nov 2020)

Kieran O'Donnell: I thank Mr. Hendrick.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Roll-out: Discussion (18 Nov 2020)

Kieran O'Donnell: Senator Buttimer is next.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Roll-out: Discussion (18 Nov 2020)

Kieran O'Donnell: The Deputy should try to mention the company in a nice way.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Roll-out: Discussion (18 Nov 2020)

Kieran O'Donnell: The committee will write to NBI on a number of matters. Mr. Hendrick has confirmed that under the contract, the company has scope to look at filling in the gaps with a provider, possibly Eir. It may be able to come to some commercial agreement. NBI was set up to deal with the intervention areas. As part of that, it has to build out the network and in five or six years, it will have a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Roll-out: Discussion (18 Nov 2020)

Kieran O'Donnell: I want a "Yes" or "No" answer.