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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: National Broadband Plan Implementation (16 Apr 2019): Seán Canney: ...made it clear that it would not be possible to provide a subsidy to a commercial semi-State body such as the ESB to roll out the national broadband plan without a new public procurement process. We are where we are. The Attorney General has advised that there are significant legal risks around procurement law and state-aid law if the State was to mandate a fund directly outside a...
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (29 Sep 2016): Seán Canney: ...of so doing - to start to install some floodgates on the recommendations of consultants. This was announced last year but only started a short time ago. We can talk about the past forever but we are where we are now. The Senator may not have been present when I spoke about the interdepartmental group. One issue I am looking at is channel maintenance and channel clearing. As I have...

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