Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 16 December 2020

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection

Pandemic Supports to the Islands and Rural Ireland: Department of Rural and Community Development

Mr. Patrick Neary:

The strategy for the islands is that a fibre network will be deployed. The main question and challenge for NBI is how to get the connectivity from the island back to the mainland and there is a mix of scenarios and solutions around that. A high gigabit wireless link is one solution, as is fibre. The service islanders should expect will be absolutely the same as in any other part of the country. They will get the 500 Mbps minimum service and they will have access to other gigabit services for businesses and so on. There will be quite a large fibre deployment on the islands.

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