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National Broadband Plan: Statements (27 Jan 2022)

Ossian Smyth: -----NBI could apply for a compensation payment-----

National Broadband Plan: Statements (27 Jan 2022)

Ossian Smyth: -----and if it can show a loss of revenue as a result and that it is more expensive for it to deploy the network, then that would be adjudicated and NBI could get a payment-----

National Broadband Plan: Statements (27 Jan 2022)

Ossian Smyth: -----but none of these payments has been made.

National Broadband Plan: Statements (27 Jan 2022)

Ossian Smyth: Sorry?

National Broadband Plan: Statements (27 Jan 2022)

Ossian Smyth: If the Deputy wants me to explain why a previous Administration signed the contract, then we are now into a sort of archaeological discussion.

National Broadband Plan: Statements (27 Jan 2022)

Ossian Smyth: My focus is on delivering the contract as it is. If the Deputy wants to look at what the rationale was for the terms of the contract, I would probably have to go back and speak to the people who signed the contract.

National Broadband Plan: Statements (27 Jan 2022)

Ossian Smyth: We have our working contract. My focus is making sure everybody complies with the terms of the contract and making sure everybody in rural areas gets broadband as fast as possible.

National Broadband Plan: Statements (27 Jan 2022)

Ossian Smyth: If the Deputy gives me examples of those, I will trace them down and find an answer for him.

National Broadband Plan: Statements (27 Jan 2022)

Ossian Smyth: I do not doubt the Deputy for a second. As with any roll-out, there are developments and changes and people's dates move. At the start, I asked that people be told honestly what year we were planning to connect them, even if it disappoints them to find out that they will be in the sixth or seventh year. It means that as things change and the roll-out progresses, if it is found that...

National Broadband Plan: Statements (27 Jan 2022)

Ossian Smyth: I believe that the former Minister's target of reaching 90% of homes by 2024 related to all homes in Ireland and not just the national broadband intervention area. Maybe that is providing confusion. Some 22% of homes are in the intervention area. The intention was to reach, or that we would have done, 60% of them by the end of 2024. In other words, 60% of the intervention area homes would...

National Broadband Plan: Statements (27 Jan 2022)

Ossian Smyth: Today, construction of rural broadband is going on in 26 counties in Ireland. In other words, no county is being left until the end of the pile. In 26 different counties broadband is being installed simultaneously. A decision was made to make sure that no county was left behind and only done when other counties were done. Construction is going on in-----

National Broadband Plan: Statements (27 Jan 2022)

Ossian Smyth: I have the figures. Does the Deputy want me to tell her how many are under construction in each of those counties? In Donegal, 5,681 premises are under construction. In Leitrim, 954 are under construction. Construction is going on in every-----

National Broadband Plan: Statements (27 Jan 2022)

Ossian Smyth: We will make sure that we provide the Deputy with as much information as possible in as transparent a way as possible. We might be getting lost in the details. I am happy to talk to the Deputy directly about this.

National Broadband Plan: Statements (27 Jan 2022)

Ossian Smyth: I am not saying the Deputy is wrong. I am saying there is construction-----

National Broadband Plan: Statements (27 Jan 2022)

Ossian Smyth: -----in every county in Ireland on the broadband plan. Fibre is being installed in every single county.

National Broadband Plan: Statements (27 Jan 2022)

Ossian Smyth: I did not say that, to be fair.

National Broadband Plan: Statements (27 Jan 2022)

Ossian Smyth: I probably will not take 15 minutes. I thank the Dáil for the invitation to address it on the roll-out of the historic national broadband plan. I reaffirm to the House that this plan remains a top priority for the Government. I am sure that this House strongly supports the overarching objective of the programme to deliver a high-speed broadband fibre network to more than 554,000...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (1 Feb 2022)

Ossian Smyth: I propose to take Questions Nos. 210 to 214, inclusive, together. The National Broadband Plan (NBP) is a Government policy initiative that is being achieved through a combination of accelerated commercial investment by telecoms operators, and a State intervention. Information regarding the NBP is available on the Department’s website at www.broadband.gov.ie.  As a State...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (1 Feb 2022)

Ossian Smyth: The National Broadband Plan (NBP) State led Intervention will be delivered by National Broadband Ireland (NBI) under a contract to roll out a high speed and future proofed broadband network within the Intervention Area which covers 1.1 million people living and working in the over 554,000 premises, including almost 100,000 businesses and farms along with some 679 schools.  NBI has...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (1 Feb 2022)

Ossian Smyth: The guidance referred to was commissioned by my Department and the National Parks and Wildlife Service and relates to the regulatory framework (primarily that aspect which relates to the planning system) which applies to peat extraction at the time of publication. The guidance was published on 17 January 2022 and is available here...