Denis Naughten (Roscommon-Galway, Independent) | Oireachtas source

If Deputy Clare Daly has heard the previous reply I will not go through it again but will answer the Deputy's specific question. Yes, the area is in light blue, which means that in the next 77 weeks Oldtown will have high-speed broadband as part of the Eir commitment agreement. This is some good news for north County Dublin. They are no longer in the intervention area and they will be part of the 300,000 premises that will get high-speed broadband. I encourage people in the Oldtown area to make direct contact with Eir to find out the timetable for the roll-out over the next 77 weeks. Off the top of my head I do not know when the fibre will come to Oldtown during the 77 weeks. It does address the problem in that community and it is just one of the examples where the Eir commitment agreement is working; we are actually delivering fibre to the door of 300 farms every single week and we will continue that for the next 77 weeks. Once this is completed, I am determined to drive forward with the programme for the remaining 542,000 premises across rural Ireland to ensure that every single premises has access to high-speed broadband.

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