Lisa Chambers (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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409. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the overall cost of the national broadband plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38540/18]

Denis Naughten (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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My Department is in a formal procurement process to select a company who will roll out a new high speed broadband network in the State intervention area, and is now evaluating the Final Tender submission received from the bidding consortium on 18 September 2018. This is a significant milestone as the NBP procurement process enters its final stage.

The level of subsidy required to bring high speed broadband services to citizens and businesses in the NBP State intervention area will be determined through the procurement process. I cannot comment any further on the procurement process at this stage.