Institute calls for regulated market

THE Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) has called for all public transport assets in Dublin to be integrated under one holding company.

They have also called for a better regulated broadband market; more resources for early childhood education; better evaluation of new transport projects and a re-prioritising of the country’s secondary road network to feature as highlights of the next National Development Plan (NDP), which begins next year.

In the area of telecommunications — and, in particular, broadband infrastructure — the ESRI is saying that the Government needs to get the right regulatory model in place rather than just pump money into a better service offering.