Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 18 November 2020

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

National Broadband Plan Roll-out: Discussion

Mr. Peter Hendrick:

That will grow every month. I will explain that. Equally, if one enters one's postcode on our website, one can find out exactly the stage of the programme in which one is due to be connected. First, one will be able to determine the areas being built in 2021 and, second, when a home will be ready for service connection. Every month, as Mr. Malone's team completes the design activities, we will update the notification on our website announcing towns and townlands that are available for connectivity. If one enters a postcode, one will see exactly where it is in the programme. Over time, we expect this to broaden in terms of the number of townlands on the timeline. Typically, our build programme looks ahead 18 months. We have done our surveys and examined the designs and infrastructure required. That might mean building new backhaul, co-location or putting in new passive infrastructure, poles and duct. We start to map out when exactly we are going be available to build the network to connect the homes, and we have started to share that visibility. We are providing information as soon as we can make it available.

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