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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Jun 2019)

Timmy Dooley: Can they try to explain the cost differential between the purchase of the product that was mentioned, which was some capacity to splice into the existing network of 300,000 on the periphery of that outer wheel? What might the differential in cost have been had they proceeded with the purchase of that product, in other words, attaching it to an existing web?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Jun 2019)

Timmy Dooley: That is fine, but I still need to probe it. Can Mr. Yardley explain to us why the decision was taken to overlay a parallel network along that network of 300,000 homes? What was the guiding principle behind that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Jun 2019)

Timmy Dooley: Does Mr. Yardley not accept there is potential for that contract to breach state aid rules? On the basis it is rolling fibre past the homes of 300,000 people who have a service, what is to stop Granahan McCourt in the not too distant future from offering a connection service to those 300,000 in competition with the existing commercial provider? If that were to happen, it would mean using...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Jun 2019)

Timmy Dooley: How could it be prevented? If a fibre optic cable passes the door of somebody within the area of the 300,000 that is paid for by the taxpayer, what prevents a national broadband company-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Jun 2019)

Timmy Dooley: This is why it is useful to have the witnesses before the committee from a technical point of view. Last week, we had a discussion on what the net value of the company might be at the end. To me, the value of the company at the end has increased dramatically given the information the witnesses have provided us with, which is that this is not fibre optic connected to the outer extremities of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Jun 2019)

Timmy Dooley: But the network has the-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Jun 2019)

Timmy Dooley: Correct but in doing so-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Jun 2019)

Timmy Dooley: I accept that but in doing so a network is being built that will, perhaps, pass another 400,000 because Eir has indicated in its rolling out of the 300,000 that it has passed another 30,000 to 40,000. It is fair to assume that to get to the 540,000 premises another 300,000 or 400,000 premises must be passed, paid for by the taxpayer, which we accept is necessary, but it creates a long-term...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Jun 2019)

Timmy Dooley: We can follow that up. Moving on to Granahan McCourt, the preferred bidder, Mr. Yardley replied to the Chairman's question on the technical capability and suitability of the company and whether it had met all the milestones set out. We are given those milestones as having been handed down on a tablet of stone from somewhere. When we compare Granahan McCourt with the other two main...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Jun 2019)

Timmy Dooley: To be clear, there is no consortium. There is a list of subcontractors identified as partners. It is language that has been used loosely throughout the process. There was a consortium at the beginning that included John Laing, SSE and Enet but over the course of the dialogue, the character and nature of that consortium changed to the extent that at the end the only party was a finance...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Jun 2019)

Timmy Dooley: In those cases, the parent company usually is a telecommunications company.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Jun 2019)

Timmy Dooley: Granahan McCourt is not a telecommunications organisation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Jun 2019)

Timmy Dooley: To move into an area that would be helpful to us in trying to understand costs, with regard to the technical solution, did Analysys Mason consider the balance between fibre and fixed wireless at all? The concerns for us are not only with regard to cost, although that is important. We are also looking at the rate of deployment and the speed at which people can access high-speed broadband....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Jun 2019)

Timmy Dooley: That is based on cost.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Jun 2019)

Timmy Dooley: There has been a lot of talk about the number of sites over the entirety of the intervention area. I am talking about the sweet spot that exists somewhere between 60% or 70% fibre and 30% fixed wireless, which might be used in an effort to get the necessary rate of deployment without it costing more. Dr. Yardley can talk about resilience over 25 years but who knows what fixed wireless...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Exemptions (11 Jun 2019)

Timmy Dooley: 142. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures taken by the Revenue Commissioners to publicise the change in VAT arrangements introduced in the Finance Act 2012 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23199/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Exploration Licences Approvals (11 Jun 2019)

Timmy Dooley: 758. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the rationale for the issuance of the oil exploration licence off the coast of County Kerry in view of the declaration by Dáil Éireann of a climate emergency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23484/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan Data (11 Jun 2019)

Timmy Dooley: 777. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide the cost estimates provided for the national broadband plan by companies (details supplied); the reasons identified for the gap in the estimates provided by these companies and the bidders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24232/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (5 Jun 2019)

Timmy Dooley: I wish to ask a number of questions. The committee has previously discussed the 300,000 premises being covered by Eir. My understanding is Eir is charging a wholesale connection rate of approximately €170 per connection, with a further charge of €170 where someone switches. Can ComReg do anything about this? When the NBP is rolled out, there will be an initial €100...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (5 Jun 2019)

Timmy Dooley: The customer still gets hit.