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:
I will give an update on the BCPs and the schools programme. Obviously, we are making significant progress on the BCPs and we are also looking at the schools. There are 634 schools in the intervention area where we are looking at possibly accelerating those premises as part of our acceleration programme. We have talked in depth today about the premises that are close to the blue areas. As Mr. Malone said, we have a dedicated team looking at acceleration and nothing is off the cards, whether it is utilising other infrastructure or other technologies. We are also looking to see how we can develop efficiencies into the programme, whether it is to do with engaging with local authorities, how we are building the programme or how we add more subcontractors into the programme. We have accelerated in terms of the surveys and the designs by adding more resources. We are absolutely focused on ensuring that we accelerate equally around some of the critical connection points, such as schools, but also all of the homes in the intervention areas. We do not want to leave anyone behind in terms of that acceleration review.
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