Officials from the Government department charged with delivering the national broadband plan were accused in the Dáil of “cooking the books”. Sinn Féin deputy leader Pearse Doherty said senior officials in the Department of Public Expenditure made the accusation over the figures produced by the Department of Communications in its cost benefit analysis of the project. He said they noted “this project may never be delivered because the department doesn’t have capacity to oversee. The Clare TD said the Government claims were “bizarre” since no contract had been signed with the bidder, Granahan McCourt. “In fact there are real concerns that this contract will never be signed,” Mr Dooley said.

Source: The Irish Times May 09, 2019 13:41 UTC