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Seán Fleming said the committee will seek all correspondence in relation to the broadband plan

PAC to write to Watt over broadband warning to Govt

The PAC is to write to the Secretary General of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform to seek an unredacted version of his warning to Government over the cost of the National Broadband Plan.

Politics • 09 May 19

Paschal Donohoe said it would be a considerable cost increase from €3bn to €5bn

Minister has not been told of Metro cost increase

The Minister for Finance has said he has not received any additional figures in relation to the cost of the Dublin Metro project.

Dublin • 08 May 19

Leo Varadkar said the broadband plan could be a 'leap of faith'

Taoiseach 'respects' civil servant who opposed NBP

The Taoiseach has said he "absolutely" has confidence in a senior civil servant who advised against proceeding with the National Broadband Plan.

Ireland • 08 May 19

The project to deliver broadband across rural Ireland has been delayed for several years

Cabinet expected to approve €3bn broadband plan

The Cabinet is to consider approving the National Broadband Plan, which aims to bring high-speed internet to more than half a million homes, farms and businesses across rural Ireland.

Politics • 07 May 19

Fianna Fáil's Timmy Dooley expressed concern over the plan's cost to the taxpayer

FF demands assurances over broadband plan roll-out

The Secretary General at the Department of Communications, Mark Griffin, has been asked to provide an assurance that the roll-out of broadband to rural Ireland will not be compromised by Fine Gael's electoral strategy.

Politics • 26 Apr 19

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Your Politics • 19 Apr 19

Richard Bruton says there is no intention to drag out the plan process

Broadband plan not on Cabinet agenda

The Minister for Communications has insisted there is no intention to drag out the National Broadband Plan process amid confirmation that it will not be discussed by Cabinet tomorrow.

Politics • 15 Apr 19

Mark Griffin said the original estimate did not make provision for connection costs to individual premises

Cabinet to see NBP final tender assessment 'shortly'

The assessment of the final tender for the delivery of the National Broadband Plan is due to be brought to Cabinet "shortly", the Secretary General of the Department of Communications has told a Dáil committee.

Politics • 28 Mar 19

Leo Varadkar said he hoped to make a decision on whether the plan was to proceed before Easter

Broadband plan could cost €3bn, Sinn Féin claims

The National Broadband Plan could cost in the region of €3 billion, the Oireachtas Committee on Finance has heard.

Politics • 28 Feb 19

Leo Varadkar said he was in disbelief when he heard the amount of the cost overrun at the National Children's Hospital

'Scandalous' Govt agents got NCH estimates so wrong

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said it was "scandalous" that Government agents got the estimates of the National Children's Hospital project so wrong.

Politics • 28 Feb 19

Leo Varadkar there are still 500,000 homes and premises that do not have access to high-speed broadband

Broadband plan could cost 'multiples' of estimate

The Taoiseach has told the Dáil the National Broadband Plan will cost "many multiples" of the original estimate, and the Government would have to decide whether the public finances can bear the cost.

Politics • 27 Feb 19

Minister Bruton said his department is seeking a meeting with Eir and Imagine to assess what impact their plans might have

Concerns raised over cost of National Broadband Plan

Fianna Fáil's Communications spokesperson Timmy Dooley has told the Dáil that the state could end up paying a lot more for the National Broadband Plan following announcements by Eir and Imagine last week.

technology • 19 Feb 19

The Imagine CEO told the committee that a further risk was whether there could be a significant increase in the final cost of the NBP

Changes to remaining NBP bidder 'represent risk'

The boss of telecom company Imagine has warned that changes to the only remaining consortium bidding for the National Broadband Plan represent a potential risk to the process.

Business • 14 Feb 19

Communications group Imagine launched its commercial rollout of high-speed broad in regional and rural Ireland today

Imagine to bring high-speed broadband to rural Ireland

The parts of Ireland that have "the worst broadband at the moment" will have access to 5G fixed wireless broadband within 18 months, according to the chief executive of Imagine.

Business • 13 Feb 19

Eir CEO Carolan Lennon said it will take between five and seven years for completion of the NBP rollout

Eir invests another €500m in fixed broadband network

Eir has announced a further €0.5 billion investment in its fixed broadband network which will see fibre to the home connectivity brought to an additional 1.4 million premises around the country.

Business • 11 Feb 19

Peter Smyth's review was published last month

Naughten, McCourt meeting was breach of rules - Smyth

The author of a report into the tendering process for the National Broadband Plan has been told he believes in fairytales if he thinks there were no discussions about the plan between Denis Naughten and David McCourt at a meeting in Clare in September 2017.

Ireland • 07 Dec 18

Mr Naughten said ten of the meetings with David McCourt occurred after Granahan McCourt had become the sole bidder

Naughten met with bidder to 'keep them at the table'

Independent TD Denis Naughten has maintained he did not attempt to interfere in the national broadband bidding process.

Ireland • 29 Nov 18

The amount of funding for the National Broadband Plan could be increased

NDP funds may be reprioritised to deliver broadband

The Minister for Finance has raised the possibility of reprioritising funds within the National Development Plan if additional spending is needed to deliver high speed broadband to over 500,000 homes and businesses across the country.

Ireland • 27 Nov 18

Final decision on broadband plan expected within weeks

A final decision on the National Broadband Plan is expected within weeks after a review found that the procurement process was not influenced by former minister Denis Naughten or businessman David McCourt.

Ireland • 27 Nov 18

The review was carried out following the resignation of Denis Naughten as minister for communications

Cabinet to receive review into broadband procurement

The review by the independent assessor into the procurement process for the National Broadband Plan will be brought to cabinet tomorrow by Minister for Communications Richard Bruton.

Politics • 27 Nov 18

Ireland's Vodafone chief executive Anne O'Leary speaks to Max Gasparroni, in Germany, in the first holographic call from Ireland

5G could complement 'rural broadband' - Vodafone chief

The chief executive of Vodafone in Ireland has said that 5G mobile technology could be used as a complementary rather than a replacement solution for bringing high speed broadband to rural Ireland.

Ireland • 21 Nov 18

The review was requested by the Taoiseach on 11 October after Denis Naughten resigned

Govt receives review into NBP procurement process

The Government has received a review it commissioned from the independent Process Auditor to the National Broadband Plan on the integrity of the project's procurement process.

Ireland • 19 Nov 18

David McCourt has said he is not 'a private equity guy', but is a telecoms builder

David McCourt says he is a 'telecoms builder'

The businessman leading the last consortium bidding for the National Broadband Plan, David McCourt, has hit back at media suggestions that he is just a visiting private equity investor looking to profit from the plan.

Business • 13 Nov 18

David McCourt said he is not a private equity guy, he is a telecoms builder

McCourt critical of claims he's here to profit from NBP

The businessman leading the last consortium bidding for the National Broadband Plan, David McCourt, has hit back at media suggestions that he is just a visiting private equity investor looking to profit from the plan.

Ireland • 12 Nov 18

Richard Bruton was speaking on RTÉ's Today with Miriam O'Callaghan

No roll-out time for broadband plan yet - Bruton

Minister for Communications, Climate Action and the Environment Richard Bruton has said he will not be in a position to give a roll-out time for the National Broadband Plan until the tender process is completed.

Politics • 02 Nov 18