Maeve O'Connell (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael)
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130. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to report on the roll-out of upgrades to urban broadband in Dún Laoghaire Rathdown. [36439/25]

Patrick O'Donovan (Limerick County, Fine Gael)
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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.

Dun Laoighaire Rathdown is predominantly in the BLUE area on the broadband map, which is available on: www.gov.ie/en/publication/5634d-national-broadband-plan-map/

Premises in the amber area are to be served by the network deployed under the NBP State led intervention. NBI have advised that premises within the limited intervention area in Dún Laoghaire Rathdown are largely available to order / pre-order now.

The latest information on when high-speed broadband will become available to the AMBER area can be found on National Broadband Ireland’s (NBI) website at www.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, reps@nbi.ie, which can be used by Oireachtas members for specific queries.

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 activities of commercial operators delivering high-speed broadband within BLUE areas are not planned or funded by the State and the Department has no statutory authority to intervene in that regard.

There may be a choice of operators offering this service in any given area. Further information in this regard is available at www.comreg.ie/compare/#/services.

If a person lives in the BLUE area and after contacting their Retail Service Provider are told they cannot get access to greater than 30Mbps, they should raise a query via the webform on secure.dccae.gov.ie/forms/NBP-Customer-Service.aspx and the department will escalate with the commercial operator to investigate this matter further.