Written answers

Tuesday, 26 March 2019

Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment

National Broadband Plan Data

Photo of Timmy DooleyTimmy Dooley (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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1042. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of premises contained within amber areas of the national broadband plan by county. [13742/19]

Photo of Richard BrutonRichard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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The AMBER areas on the National Broadband Plan High Speed Broadband Map represents the parts of the country that are the focus of the NBP State Intervention. The following is a document which details the number of premises in each category of the NBP High Speed Broadband Map by county for Q4 2018, which shows a total of 543,281 premises in the Amber areas.

High Speed Broadband Map County Coverage Statistics Q4 2018 National Broadband Plan

County Name Total Number

of Premises
AMBER

Premises

Intervention

Area
BLUE

Premises

Commercial

Operators
LIGHT BLUE

Premises

Planned Rural

Deployment*
Carlow

Carlow
27,994 7,875 18,052 2,067
Cavan 42,110 16,995 23,951 1,164
Clare 68,689 23,359 41,742 3,588
Cork 269,952 74,820 184,183 10,949
Donegal 101,830 34,107 65,212 2,511
Dublin 604,412 10,551 593,585 276
Galway 135,118 39,185 88,483 7,450
Kerry 89,458 28,706 54,952 5,800
Kildare 92,235 13,885 77,589 761
Kilkenny 48,001 17,996 27,201 2,804
Laois 39,253 12,772 24,415 2,066
Leitrim 22,338 11,297 9,583 1,458
Limerick 97,568 21,878 67,821 7,869
Longford 22,308 8,193 12,401 1,714
Louth 61,034 8,660 51,993 381
Mayo 83,465 36,843 38,862 7,760
Meath 86,021 20,256 63,370 2,395
Monaghan 33,035 15,733 16,543 759
Offaly 36,966 12,387 22,485 2,094
Roscommon 39,089 18,469 17,618 3,002
Sligo 40,092 14,314 23,722 2,056
Tipperary 83,963 30,250 45,693 8,020
Waterford 61,624 16,589 43,646 1,389
Westmeath 44,397 11,963 30,891 1,543
Wexford 82,535 21,761 59,620 1,154
Wicklow 64,876 14,437 48,880 1,559
Total 2,378,363 543,281 1,752,493 82,589
*These figures represent planned rural deployment and will reduce once premises are passed.

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