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Public Accounts Committee: Imagine Communications Group (14 Feb 2019)

Kate O'Connell: Has the company dealt with that sector, yes or no?

Public Accounts Committee: Imagine Communications Group (14 Feb 2019)

Kate O'Connell: Has the company dealt with it?

Public Accounts Committee: Imagine Communications Group (14 Feb 2019)

Kate O'Connell: I asked Mr. Bolger a question.

Public Accounts Committee: Imagine Communications Group (14 Feb 2019)

Kate O'Connell: I would like the answer. I am not asking what Mr. Bolger did yesterday. I did not go to its-----

Public Accounts Committee: Imagine Communications Group (14 Feb 2019)

Kate O'Connell: I do not know anything about what Mr. Bolger announced yesterday. I am here sitting at a committee.

Public Accounts Committee: Imagine Communications Group (14 Feb 2019)

Kate O'Connell: I refer to the company's 19,000 customers out of a total basket of customers of 840,000. Prior to yesterday, Mr. Bolger has only marketed his product to domestic customers. Is Mr. Bolger entertained in some way?

Public Accounts Committee: Imagine Communications Group (14 Feb 2019)

Kate O'Connell: We are at a very serious part here. Mr. Bolger has 19,000 customers, all of whom are domestic.

Public Accounts Committee: Imagine Communications Group (14 Feb 2019)

Kate O'Connell: How does Mr. Bolger know if his product is good enough for business customers? It is the customer who will tell him.

Public Accounts Committee: Imagine Communications Group (14 Feb 2019)

Kate O'Connell: I will have to let-----

Public Accounts Committee: Imagine Communications Group (14 Feb 2019)

Kate O'Connell: Are they not providing a different product now?

Public Accounts Committee: Imagine Communications Group (14 Feb 2019)

Kate O'Connell: There is an important distinction there.

Public Accounts Committee: Imagine Communications Group (14 Feb 2019)

Kate O'Connell: May I add-----

Public Accounts Committee: Imagine Communications Group (14 Feb 2019)

Kate O'Connell: As a committee we need information. When we have witnesses in to the committee who have a product and when there will be a budget for that product, we as a committee have to be very aware of the facts. I read a lot of documentation on fibre optics last night and today it has been discussed as an evolving sector, whether it is equal or not and that it is an alternative in Japan, in Jersey...

Public Accounts Committee: Imagine Communications Group (14 Feb 2019)

Kate O'Connell: We need non-biased-----

Public Accounts Committee: Imagine Communications Group (14 Feb 2019)

Kate O'Connell: We need legal advice. We need to have advice from the industry leaders and from universities.

Public Accounts Committee: Imagine Communications Group (14 Feb 2019)

Kate O'Connell: Yes. I would not. I am sorry but I put it to the Chairman that I run a business and when a rep comes in to sell me something, I start by not believing a word he or she says. However, I then end up believing some of it. I see this as a glorified version of that, with respect, and I believe we need to be very conscious of where the industry is and the science behind it, as well as the...

Public Accounts Committee: Enet (14 Feb 2019)

Kate O'Connell: I thank Mr. McCarthy for appearing before the committee. It has been a long day and he has added some clarity to the matter. I was nearly convinced at the end of the previous meeting that we would not need any fibre broadband and that broadband could all be provided through bits of boxes and parts of buildings. Mr. McCarthy mentioned that Eir is the incumbent and that BT is the major...

Public Accounts Committee: Enet (14 Feb 2019)

Kate O'Connell: The 50% reduction is the price as of this morning. If there is a retrospective saving, will there be any claw-back for the taxpayer, or will the price of €5.20 per m. be paid in full?

Public Accounts Committee: Enet (14 Feb 2019)

Kate O'Connell: There is an economy of scale, however.

Public Accounts Committee: Enet (14 Feb 2019)

Kate O'Connell: I knew nothing about broadband until this week. From what I have read, my understanding is that the basic intention of the NBP is to install a network around the country that, hopefully, will provide consistent speeds. They might not reach 100% but it is hoped that there will be coverage of 95% for customers in, for example, Ballymaloe or counties Galway or Leitrim. Unless I have missed...