Noel Rock (Dublin North West, Fine Gael)
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832. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when fibre broadband will be available for Slaney Close, Dublin9, as it has been detrimental to a number of businesses operating there, as well as in the wider Dublin industrial estate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12816/16]

Denis Naughten (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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The National Broadband Plan (NBP) aims to deliver high speed services to every city, town, village and individual premises in Ireland. The Programme for a Partnership Government commits to the delivery of the NBP as a matter of priority.  This is being achieved through private investment by commercial telecommunications companies and through a State intervention in areas where commercial investment is not forthcoming. A High Speed Broadband Map 2020, which is available at shows areas marked BLUE which represents the areas commercial providers are either currently delivering or have plans to deliver high speed broadband  and areas marked AMBER which represent the target areas for the proposed State intervention. The formal procurement for the State intervention commenced in December 2015. Slaney Close and the wider Dublin Industrial Estate are in a BLUE area which means that high speed broadband services should be available from commercial telecommunications providers.  Based on information available on Virgin Media's website www.virginmedia.i.e/ business services are available in the Dublin Industrial Estate and business owners may wish to follow this up with Virgin media or with other commercial telecoms providers.  

The Department continues to monitor the commercial deployment plans in the BLUE area to ensure that all premises, where commercial operators have committed to providing services will have access to High Speed Broadband of at least 30mbps.  Members of the public can see whether their individual premises is in the BLUE or AMBER area by inserting their Eircode, and/or address, or scrolling through the map.

Should access to services persist in the Dublin Industrial Estate, I would encourage business owners to contact my Department at broadband@dcenr.gov.ie.