Fiona O'Loughlin (Kildare South, Fianna Fail)
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571. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the timeframe for a location (details supplied) to have high speed broadband; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39372/17]

Denis Naughten (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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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.

eir signed a agreement with me in April last committing  to follow through on their commercial plans to provide new high speed broadband infrastructure to 300,000 premises in rural areas. eir has committed to doing this work over a 90 week period with an average of 500 premises passed per day. Quarterly updates on progress of the eir 300k roll-out are published on my Department’s website. The Quarter 2 2017 figures have been verified by my Department and the eir roll-out is in line with the Commitment Agreement.  

The position in relation to the eircode referred to by the Deputy is that the premise falls within a LIGHT BLUE area on the Map and is covered by eir’s planned rural fibre high speed broadband deployment. Information on eir's planned rural deployment is available from eir at . 

Customers seeking connectivity to eir's network should, in the first instance, access this website to determine the connectivity availability status for their eircode. The website also provides a list of retail service providers who offer services using high speed fibre network in the area.