Timmy Dooley (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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564. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the current usage of the metropolitan area network structure for broadband delivery in the town of Kilrush, County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10577/15]

Alex White (Dublin South, Labour)
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The Metropolitan Area Networks (“MANs”) are managed, operated, maintained and marketed by enet, on behalf of the State on an open access basis to service providers.

The Kilrush MAN has been in operation (or “lit”) since July 2012, when the first service provider availed of the MAN to provide telecommunications services in Kilrush. While the details of the usage of the MAN in Kilrush is a matter for individual operators using the MAN, I understand that there are a number of service providers availing of the MAN to provide telecommunications services to end customers. enet continues to look for opportunities to attract operators to avail of the MANs where there is demand for telecommunications services.