Written answers
Tuesday, 7 November 2023
Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
Telecommunications Services
Martin Kenny (Sligo-Leitrim, Sinn Fein)
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161. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has engaged with stakeholders on a strategy to improve mobile phone coverage for those in the village of Cloone, County Leitrim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47980/23]
Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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The roll-out of infrastructure for mobile telecommunications services in Ireland is primarily a matter for private mobile network operators, operating on a commercial basis in a liberalised market, regulated by the Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg). ComReg is statutorily independent in the exercise of its functions in accordance with section 11 of the Communications Regulation Act 2002.
To assist consumers to choose the network provider that best meets their needs, ComReg continually updates and enhances its online national outdoor mobile coverage map (available at: Service Coverage - Commission for Communications Regulation (comreg.ie), which provides clear information on where operators have good 2G, 3G and 4G coverage. In 2022, ComReg updated this map to include 5G data.
The Mobile Phone and Broadband Taskforce has been in operation since 2016 and has been a driving force for improving access to telecommunications services nationwide. The Mobile Phone & Broadband Taskforce continues to implement actions specifically designed to remove barriers to telecoms infrastructure rollout.
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