Written answers

Thursday, 28 September 2017

Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment

Broadband Service Provision

Photo of Thomas ByrneThomas Byrne (Meath East, Fianna Fail)
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237. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when a school (details supplied) can expect to be connected to broadband that will meet the school community's needs. [41054/17]

Photo of Denis NaughtenDenis 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 an 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 school referred to by the Deputy and the provision of its eircode, in a subsequent call with an official from my Department,  falls within a LIGHT BLUE area on the Map and is covered by eir’s planned rural fibre high speed broadband deployment.

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