Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein)
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204. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason that a soon-to-be-completed housing estate (details supplied) will only have the option of one broadband provider; if his attention has been drawn to other providers having been informed that they cannot service the estate; and if this in breach of competition law. [38911/22]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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Providing telecommunication services, including mobile phone and broadband services, is a matter for the relevant service providers operating in a fully liberalised market regulated by the Commission for Communication Regulation (ComReg), as independent Regulator. Operational matters of private commercial operators, including the deployment of telecommunications infrastructure to specific areas, are a matter for these commercial operators and not one in which I have any function.