Social Democrats TD Catherine Murphy has received a further parliamentary reply regarding former Minister Michael Noonan\u2019s meeting with representatives of Enet including PR adviser to Enet, Eoin O\u2019Neachtain, in December 2016.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is not in the public interest for the department to withhold this very basic request for information or tangle it in bureaucratic red tape.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Social Democrats TD Catherine Murphy has received a further parliamentary reply regarding former Minister Michael Noonan\u2019s meeting with representatives of Enet\u00a0including PR adviser to Enet,\u00a0Eoin O\u2019Neachtain, in December 2016.<\/p>\n
Deputy Murphy’s request to the Department of Finance for access to the records of a meeting in\u00a0former Minster Noonan’s constituency office has been declined with\u00a0the Department\u00a0claiming\u00a0that it is not practice to pass out the type of information sought.<\/p>\n
The Department\u00a0has admitted that the information is currently the subject of a freedom of information request.<\/p>\n
Deputy Murphy said:<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is not in the public interest for the department to withhold this very basic request for information or tangle it in bureaucratic red tape. There is a demand for this information and\u00a0while it is likely to be released in due course, there is no need to withhold it any longer in view of the review underway by Peter Smyth into the procurement process of the National Broadband Plan, the scope of which is far too narrow as it currently stands.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll components to the plan really need to be re-assessed including the questions surrounding the extension of the contract to Enet to maintain the MANs network.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy request was accepted by the Public Accounts Committee on Thursday to bring in officials from the Department of Communications, Climate Action and the Environment to discuss the contract extension by the State without tender in 2017 to maintain the MANs network. The committee will approach this from a value for money perspective regarding the rolling-over of the contract to 2030.\u201d<\/p>\n
ENDS<\/u><\/p>\n
26 October 2018<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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