Westmeath TD Says Opening Broadband To ESB Would Cause Years Of Delays

A Longford-Westmeath TD says anyone who advocates opening up negotiations with the ESB is saying to rural Ireland that broadband won't happen in the near future.

A Longford-Westmeath TD says anyone who advocates opening up negotiations with the ESB is saying to rural Ireland that broadband won't happen in the near future.

It follows an Oireachtas Communications Committee review, which found the existing plan is based on a flawed tendering process and the all-party committee voted to re-open negotiations with the ESB.

But Fine Gael's Peter Burke says the government cannot engage in uni--lateral talks with the semi-state company.

He claims starting the procurement will cause at LEAST a three year delay to the project:

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