Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 29 June 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport
National Broadband Plan Update: National Broadband Ireland
Mr. T.J. Malone:
No problem. Our first and major plan is to get back on track with the seven years. We have said all along here that we see a pathway back to the contracted seven years. We are making good progress at the moment. We are doing between 7,000 and 10,000 homes per month. We are making significant progress. I think the last time we were before the committee, we said the survey was the first to catch up, then the design and then the build. We are now starting to see that come into play. We are starting to see the progress. As I said, we have gone from 650 km per month to 1,000 km per month in the roll-out of fibre, so we are starting to see the momentum and, as Mr. Hendrick said, the business as usual starting to pull into that, as it were.
To go faster and de-risk the project, more than anything, the self-install product is something we need to get into the market and as soon as possible. That would be our key to going forward with this.
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