Timmy Dooley (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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1027. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of houses that have been connected by a company (details supplied) under its commercial agreement with the Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34801/17]

Timmy Dooley (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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1028. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the way in which his Department would proceed with the procurement process for the national broadband plan if one of the bidders were to withdraw. [34802/17]

Denis Naughten (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 1027 and 1028 together.

The Commitment Agreement signed by eir by includes quarterly milestones for the numbers of homes to be passed by eir's fibre high speed broadband network roll-out. Delivery by eir against these milestones is subject to formal evaluation by my Department and my Department has concluded that eir met the milestone to pass 40,000 premises by the end of April of this year. Indications are that eir has also met its Quarter 2 target to roll-out out to a further 30,000 premises by the end of June. A formal evaluation of eir's Quarter 2 performance will be conducted by my Department shortly.

I do not propose to comment on participation by bidders in the NBP procurement process.