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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Update: National Broadband Ireland (27 Jan 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: Is the number for premises under survey and design ahead or behind the target?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Update: National Broadband Ireland (27 Jan 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: That means the target is up approximately 35,000 on premises surveyed, as it is going from 347,000 to 380,000. On the design side, the number is going from 337,000 to 365,000. There are approximately 120,000 premises with a build under way as of 14 January. What is that expected to be by the end of the year?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Update: National Broadband Ireland (27 Jan 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: What is that as an overall percentage? Is it on target?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Update: National Broadband Ireland (27 Jan 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: We are getting to a point where the project is ahead on surveys and design. Surveys have people looking around and design has people coming back to design what should be done. The physical work of replacing poles and doing the cabling is where the process has fallen behind.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Update: National Broadband Ireland (27 Jan 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: As we stand, is NBI ahead or behind on the premises surveys?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Update: National Broadband Ireland (27 Jan 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: What is the figure for premises with builds under way?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Update: National Broadband Ireland (27 Jan 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: What is the difference between premises with a build under way and premises with a fibre build under way?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Update: National Broadband Ireland (27 Jan 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: So there are-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Update: National Broadband Ireland (27 Jan 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: With regard to premises passed, by the end of this month we were supposed to have 115,000. It will probably come in at about 40,000 at the end of January.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Update: National Broadband Ireland (27 Jan 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: One hundred and fifteen thousand minus 38,000 is roughly-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Update: National Broadband Ireland (27 Jan 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: On the target, NBI is a good bit off. It is probably the bones of about 70,000 off target.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Update: National Broadband Ireland (27 Jan 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: It is almost half off target. By the end of the year, NBI will be at 130,000, and the-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Update: National Broadband Ireland (27 Jan 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: The target was 205,000.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Update: National Broadband Ireland (27 Jan 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: When we look at it, we see that for premises with builds under way and premises with fibre builds under way, there is a catching up. There is still a lag regarding the premises passed. How can that be pulled back?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Update: National Broadband Ireland (27 Jan 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: Why can it not be pulled back faster? If all the other areas are being pulled back, why is there such a significant lag concerning the premises passed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Update: National Broadband Ireland (27 Jan 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: That is work that NBI would carry out or contract out.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Update: National Broadband Ireland (27 Jan 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: Is this Eir-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Update: National Broadband Ireland (27 Jan 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: Is it a case of Eir doing poles?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Update: National Broadband Ireland (27 Jan 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: It appears to me at this stage that the bulk of the work is done by Eir.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Update: National Broadband Ireland (27 Jan 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: Are there issues with Eir that are slowing the process down? NBI has caught up in all the other areas. The bottleneck — premises passed — is obviously the final key element. What is the reason for it? It appears to be Eir. What can we do as a committee to assist in finding a mechanism to speed up the process?