Dan Neville (Limerick West, Fine Gael)
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Question 439: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the roll-out of broadband will take place at Kilmeady telephone exchange, County Limerick. [6338/09]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin South, Green Party)
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My Department has entered into a contract with "3", a Hutchison Whampoa company, for the delivery of the National Broadband Scheme (NBS). 3 is currently planning the construction and rollout of the required infrastructure for the purposes of the provision of the service. Challenging roll out targets have been agreed with 3. Services will begin to be rolled out in April 2009 and the entire NBS area must be covered by September 2010.

While the DSL enablement of exchanges for broadband purposes is a matter for the private sector owners of the relevant exchanges, the general area of Kilmeedy will be covered by the NBS.