Thomas Gould (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein)
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123. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of broadband roll-out in Clogheen, County Tipperary. [13259/21]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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There are 29,759 premises located within the National Broadband Plan State Led Intervention Area of County Tipperary.  As of 3 March, some 8,643 (29%) of the premises have been surveyed. These include areas near to Tipperary Town and the surrounding townlands of Aherloe, Ballinalard and Bansha. Survey are progressing in the Roscea area and surrounding townlands, Cashel, Townspark, Boherlahan, Goolds Cross, Knockavilla, Garrenroe, Camus Bridge, Golden, Shanballa, Dogstown, Racecourse Cross, Rosegreen, Knockbrett, Mayfield, Boscobell and Dualla. Cloheen is in the Cahir deployment area which covers approximately 3,000 premises.  Surveys are due to commence in the area in August and are due to be completed by the end of 2021.

Further details are available on specific areas within Tipperary through the NBI website which provides a facility for any premises within the intervention area to register their interest in being provided with deployment updates through its website www.nbi.ie. Individuals who register with this facility will receive regular updates on progress by NBI on delivering the network and specific updates related to their own premises when works are due to commence. I am advised that NBI is working to provide more detail on its website, with a rolling update on network build plans.

Broadband Connection Points (BCPs) are a key element of the NBP providing high speed broadband in every county in advance of the roll out of the fibre to the home network. As of 3 March, 287 BCP sites have been installed by NBI and the high speed broadband service will be switched on through service provider contracts managed by the Department of Rural and Community Development for publicly accessible locations and the Department of Education for schools. Moyglass Community Hall, Killurney Community Centre and Aglish Community Centre have now been connected with high speed publicly accessible broadband. Further details can be found at .