Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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107.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason a premises (details supplied) was not provided with fibre broadband, although it is in the intervention area, when the majority of houses and premises in the area were passed by the National Broadband fibre roll-out; if it is the practice as part of the roll-out to skip premises in an area not to return to them for over two years when the broadband is being rolled out in that area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33218/24]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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Ireland's Digital Connectivity Strategy, published by my Department, sets ambitious targets, which include providing a Gigabit network to all households and businesses in Ireland by 2028 and access to 5G in all populated areas by 2030.

The National Broadband Plan (NBP) is the government's initiative to deliver high speed broadband services to all premises in Ireland.

The Question refers to a premises located in the AMBER area on the broadband map, which is available on my Department's website at The AMBER area is to be served by the network deployed under the NBP State led intervention.

Commercial Fixed line operators Open Eir, Virgin Media and SIRO are delivering high-speed broadband services in the blue area/ non-intervention area of the map. The activities of commercial operators delivering high-speed broadband are not planned or funded by the State and the Department has no statutory authority to intervene in that regard.

As per NBI, this premises located in the Amber area was originally assigned an anticipated connection date of January 2025 – December 2026 in Q4 2021. Thereafter in Q4 2023, it was updated to its current position of anticipated date of connection of January 2026 —December 2026.

Furthermore please note that in Q4 2024, the 2026 Eircode’s timeframes will be updated to their 6-month window.The latest information on when high-speed broadband will become available to this premises can be found on National Broadband Ireland’s (NBI) website at nbi.ie/map/. 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, , which can be used by Oireachtas members for specific queries.

Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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108.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there is a dedicated email address for use by a Member of the Oireachtas to make specific enquiries regarding the roll out of the National Broadband Plan where National Broadband Ireland is not giving a reason for skipping pockets of houses in the roll-out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33219/24]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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Ireland's Digital Connectivity Strategy, published by my Department, sets ambitious targets, which include providing a Gigabit network to all households and businesses in Ireland by 2028 and access to 5G in all populated areas by 2030.

These commitments will be delivered through a mixture of commercial and State funding.

The National Broadband Plan (NBP) contract, signed on 19 November 2019, provides for a future proofed high-speed broadband network to be deployed by National Broadband Ireland (NBI) to people living and working in the intervention area (IA).

NBI has a dedicated email address, , which can be used by Oireachtas members for specific queries.

In addition, the latest information on when high-speed broadband will become available to premises can be found on National Broadband Ireland’s (NBI) website at This website is regularly updated providing the expected timeline for delivery and status of any works that are initiated at any point in time.

The network rollout for the National Broadband Plan (NBP) is divided into 227 (DAs) across the country. These typically measure approximately 25km in radius and cover 96% of Ireland’s landmass. The network is specifically designed based on the NBI network coming from the eir exchanges or the metropolitan area networks (MANs) which allows NBI to reach every premises quickly.

Along with the NBP intervention contract, progress is being made by commercial operators in expanding their next generation networks throughout the State and ensuring the targets set out in the Digital Connectivity strategy are achieved.