Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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527. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of responses received to the NBP mapping consultation; the number of responses that were brought to the attention and-or notified to the European Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41913/19]

Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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The Department received over 180 responses to the mapping consultation from a variety of stakeholders, including 30 from large and small telecoms operators, with the remainder from local authority broadband officers and members of the public.

Operator submissions will be assessed against the Department’s published assessment criteria. Operators submitting planned investments were required to sign a declaration that they would enter into a Commitment Agreement with the Department if their plans satisfied the assessment criteria and were accepted by the Department as being concrete and credible. The outcome of the consultation will inform the continuing engagement by the Department with DG Competition as part of the compliance with State Aid Rules.

Following the conclusion of the consultation process, the non-confidential versions of all submissions will be published, as soon as possible, on the Department’s website together with the outcome of the assessment.