Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent)
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567. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of broadband enabling for an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39235/17]

Denis Naughten (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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The Government's National Broadband Plan (NBP) will ensure high speed broadband access (minimum 30 megabits per second) to all premises in Ireland, regardless of location. The NBP has been a catalyst in encouraging investment by the telecoms sector so that to date approximately 1.5m or 65% of the 2.3m premises in Ireland can get high speed broadband of a minimum of 30 Megabits per second and this footprint is expanding. In April I published an updated High Speed Broadband Map which is available at www.broadband.gov.ie.

This map shows the areas targeted by commercial operators to provide high speed broadband services and the areas that will be included in the State Intervention Area. The Map is searchable by eircode. 

- The BLUE areas on the Map represent those areas where commercial telecommunications providers are either currently delivering, or have indicated plans to deliver high speed broadband services, 

- The AMBER areas on the Map represent the areas that will require State Intervention and are the subject of a procurement process.

The map shows that the townland of Knockanainane West,  Co Kerry comprise some 66 premises. Of these, 47 premises fall within eir's 300k planned rural deployment with the remaining 19 premises being covered by the State Intervention. 

Information on eir's planned rural deployment is available from eir at .

Your constituent can access this website  to determine the connectivity availability status for their premise using their eircode. The website also provides a list of retail service providers who offer services using eir's high speed fibre network in the area. 

Those premises within the State Intervention area form part of my Department's on-going procurement process to select a company or companies who will roll-out a new high speed broadband network. That procurement process is now at an advanced stage, with “Detailed Solutions” to be submitted by bidders later this month.