Brian Stanley (Laois, Sinn Fein)
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101. To ask the Minister for Finance the effect of adopting the full concession model for the national broadband plan on the State's balance sheet. [21421/16]

Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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The National Broadband Plan is a priority for Government that will be delivered by my colleague the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources and questions relating to it should be directed to him.

However the Deputy should be aware that the Government does not intend to publish the expected cost of building the network, the likely cost to the State or the expected terminal value of the network, while a major public procurement process is underway.