Sandbags placed along the coast road of the Clontarf Road in Dublin ahead of a Status Orange rain warning. Image: Sam Boal Sandbags placed along the coast road of the Clontarf Road in Dublin ahead of a Status Orange rain warning. Image: Sam Boal THE MINISTER FOR Public Expenditure and Reform Paschal Donohoe was advised by his secretary general that the significant cost increases of the National Broadband Plan would mean that other projects would be cancelled or put on hold as a result.
The memos released say that five government departments would provide 80% of the total capital spend of almost €3 billion. Using the reallocation of €1 billion as an example of the knock-on effect reallocating funds would have on other areas of government, the memo listed a number of projects that would be affected.
The Department of Transport accounts for 20%, so €200m less would be equal to the entire allocation for regional road restoration improvements. This would also include €40m investments in Dundalk, Tallaght, and Limerick IoTs that would also be cancelled. A further €148m would be could from remaining programmes including flood relief works and prisons, the document says.
The National Broadband Plan aims to connect the most rural areas in Ireland to high-speed fibre broadband, enabling businesses to become more efficient, and homes to gain access to services at a time when people are being encouraged to carry out errands online.
The broadband plan, another opportunity for Leo and his boys to skim more cash then award the contracts to companies that will give them sweetheart jobs when their theiving careers in politics are over corruptireland
If we deported all failed asylum seekers and closed dp centres we would save millions which could be spent on social housing
Don't do no broadband plan I hope you realise 5g is being rolled out
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all the things he just mentioned are in a terrible state so can't get any worse bullshit talk again
That's just rubbish talk. First of all there is Fu*k all houses being built anyway the roads are in shit for years and it rains nearly every day. Time to do it now before it's €4 billion next week 😁
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