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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: By the end of this year.

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

Kieran O'Donnell: NBI is approximately 30,000 behind on premises built or under construction.

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

Kieran O'Donnell: The figure for premises passed is a good bit back, from 205,000 to 130,000.

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

Kieran O'Donnell: When will NBI catch up to the original target? Will it catch up by the end of 2023?

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

Kieran O'Donnell: It may even be three.

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

Kieran O'Donnell: What areas were these contractors operating in. Was that in surveying?

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

Kieran O'Donnell: That was after the surveying and design had been done.

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

Kieran O'Donnell: Would it be fair to say then that the surveying and designing was on track-----

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

Kieran O'Donnell: -----and the build was where it fell down?

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

Kieran O'Donnell: When Mr. Malone speaks about the build, is he talking about getting on to Eir to repair their poles or is he talking about a contractor laying the cable on the poles?

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

Kieran O'Donnell: No, but was there a delay with Eir in terns of-----

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

Kieran O'Donnell: We have a figure of 120,000 premises with build under way. How much has Covid-19 impacted on that build-out?

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

Kieran O'Donnell: We would be talking about 60,000.

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

Kieran O'Donnell: Those are the percentages of people out with Covid-19.

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

Kieran O'Donnell: NBI, then, have no issues with Eir.

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

Kieran O'Donnell: NBI has no issues then with any of the contractors, including Eir, at this point.

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

Kieran O'Donnell: What type of work would that be? In layman’s terms what is it?

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

Kieran O'Donnell: That is, the NBI would not be going through existing ducting-----

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

Kieran O'Donnell: For that to be in place, what is required?

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

Kieran O'Donnell: If that product was provided, how quickly would it speed up the roll-out?