Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 271: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the percentage of households with access to broadband in each county; the percentage of households connected to broadband in each county; and the breakdown of these figures by technology. [32736/07]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin South, Green Party)
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The provision of broadband services is primarily a matter for the private sector. Broadband service providers operate in a fully liberalised market, regulated by the independent Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg).

ComReg are responsible for the compiling of statistics on broadband uptake. I understand that these statistics are collected on a national basis only. Details are available on www.comreg.ie .

The Central Statistics Office collected data on the uptake of broadband at local authority level in the 2006 census. This information is available at www.cso.ie/census.