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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 (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

Kate O'Connell: For the public at home, I understand we have high-speed fibre-optic cables running down roads, which are totally different to copper cabling. There is no loss of conductivity and is a totally different product. It has larger capacity with little or negligible loss of information over distance versus other forms such as wireless which we have had in the past. This will run along a network...

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 (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

Kate O'Connell: -----without retendering? I am just making sure and hopefully, we will not still be here then but possibly we will.

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 (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

Kate O'Connell: A sort of transition.

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 (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

Kate O'Connell: Obviously, in the event of a big storm on day one after the 25 years, the State does not want there to be no one there to fix it.

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 (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

Kate O'Connell: Returning to cables being blown down, let us say that we have the dual cable, that is, the copper cable and the fibre up on a pole going down a road. Whose fault is it if the wind blows it down? If Eir has a cable on it, and the national broadband people have a cable on it, who is in charge of the poles?

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 (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

Kate O'Connell: This is the provider's own personal business, a bit like the rental paid to MANs.

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 (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

Kate O'Connell: For my information regarding circuits, if the cable is running through Portarlington and going to Kilkenny, for example, are there closed circuits on it such that if a cable blows down somewhere in the middle of Ireland, the signal will then continue in some other way?

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 (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

Kate O'Connell: I am just being a nerd here as I was wondering what would happen.

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 (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

Kate O'Connell: It can be diverted. If a multinational has decided to build on the side of a mountain, a storm in Portarlington will not mean it will be abandoned for a week.

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 (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

Kate O'Connell: Returning to the contract, which is for 25 years, earlier this morning it was noted that the company has not been formed yet, which is normal enough. It will be an Irish-domiciled company subject to Irish corporate rules. The Comptroller and Auditor General referenced that the value in this new company obviously will be the State contract. We definitely are protected as to the sell-off...

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 (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

Kate O'Connell: It is covered, in any event.

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 (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

Kate O'Connell: On the issue of wireless, it is not as secure as other methods. Can wireless data be intercepted? Is there an element of that?

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 (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

Kate O'Connell: Mr. Neary is, no doubt, dreaming of the private sector.

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 (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

Kate O'Connell: Would Mr. Neary agree it is more open to attack done than high-speed fibre?

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 (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

Kate O'Connell: One would be obliged to cut it and put it in somewhere else. Technically, can satellites intercept wireless?

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 (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

Kate O'Connell: Maybe we can have another meeting on that. My final question is to Mr. Griffin. I refer to the idea of the industry having the expertise and the Department not having it. No offence is intended to anybody in saying that, as all of the witnesses clearly know what they are talking about. On the telecoms agency idea Mr. Griffin mentioned, the image of a HSE part two occurred briefly. We...

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 (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

Kate O'Connell: Mr. Griffin is only really suggesting a small unit.

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 (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

Kate O'Connell: We will not hear things such as one group being in charge of policy and another being in charge of delivery.

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 (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

Kate O'Connell: I thank Mr. Griffin.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (28 Mar 2019)

Kate O'Connell: 135. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14697/19]