Taoiseach says final tender for national broadband plan is 'many multiples' of the original estimated cost
There is only one remaining bidder in the national broadband plan. Image: Shutterstock/Proxima Studio There is only one remaining bidder in the national broadband plan. Image: Shutterstock/Proxima Studio TAOISEACH LEO VARADKAR has told the Dáil that the cost of providing high-speed broadband to 500,000 homes will be “many multiples” of what was anticipated originally.
A contract had been expected to be awarded last year, with then communications minister Denis Naughten – who eventually quit his ministerial post over a series of controversial meetings with Granahan McCourt chief David McCourt – saying the network should take three to five years to complete once the deal was signed.