Kieran O'Donnell (Limerick City, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Then it will be December of this year, and that is to be welcomed.

I had a quick look at the statistics NBI provided to the committee when it came before us on a previous occasion, to which Mr. Hendrick made reference. The number of premises surveyed on that date was 308,000 and the figure is 330,000 today, an increase of roughly 7%. About 15,500 per month have been dealt with. The number of premises designed and in design totalled 250,000 then and the figure for today is 313,000, which is 60% of the total. That is roughly 14,000 per month, or 22% of an increase on March. The premises with build under way totals 182,000 now, and was 121,320 on the last occasion, a 50% increase or about 15,000 per month. A statistic which was not in the statement was the number of premises with fibre build under way, which is up about 4,000. That is a little bit behind. What is meant by the statement that with the addition of further build participants, with build being under way over 40% of the entire intervention area will be dealt with by the end of the year?