Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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28. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when a connection to fibre broadband will be established in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30075/24]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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The National Broadband Plan (NBP) is the government's initiative to deliver high speed broadband services to all premises in Ireland.

The premises in question is currently located in the BLUE area on the broadband map, which can be accessed on the Department’s website at www.gov.ie/en/publication/5634d-national-broadband-plan-map/.

The BLUE area represents those areas where commercial providers are either currently delivering or have plans to deliver high-speed broadband services. The Department defines high-speed broadband as a connection with minimum speeds of 30Mbps download and 6Mbps upload.

The AMBER area is to be served by the network deployed under the NBP State led intervention.

The customer previously contacted my Department through the dedicated mailbox for raising queries related to inclusion in the Intervention Area: broadband@decc.gov.ie.

My officials have recently reviewed the case and have decided to include the premises in question in the Intervention Area (AMBER). This decision was based on additional information provided directly by the end user, which resulted in my Department considering this premises to be at high risk of not receiving high-speed broadband services from commercial operators now or in the future.

Once the reclassification process is complete, the latest information on when high-speed broadband will become available to this premises will be found on National Broadband Ireland’s (NBI) website at Network Map - NBI. This website is regularly updated providing the expected timeline for delivery and status of any works that are initiated at any point in time. NBI also has a dedicated email address, reps@nbi.ie, which can be used by Oireachtas members for specific queries.