Written answers

Wednesday, 3 February 2021

Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment

Telecommunications Services

Photo of Catherine MurphyCatherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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56. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount paid to private operators offering wholesale broadband services inside the intervention areas in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021. [5361/21]

Photo of Eamon RyanEamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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The Intervention Area is a collective of geographical regions where a high speed reliable broadband service is not offered by commercial operators. Consequently the State has contracted National Broadband Ireland (NBI) to build a high speed fibre network in the Intervention Area as part of the National Broadband Plan. The NBP contract commenced in January 2020 and to date approximately €42m has been paid to NBI under that contract.  NBI will provide a wholesale broadband service over its network, which will allow a wide variety of retail service providers to sell services to households and businesses in the intervention area. 

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