Danny Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent)
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471. To ask the Minister for Culture, Culture, Communications and Sport the reason for the delay with broadband installation to a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65251/25]

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.

The premises in question was originally 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.

Following a query from your constituent, the Department reviewed the case and reclassified this address and nearby premises to the Intervention Area (AMBER) in Q2 2025; they will be served by the State-led NBP rollout. National Broadband Ireland (NBI) advises that connecting these reclassified premises requires additional network capacity and associated build works. NBI further advise that they are currently unable to provide a specific anticipated connection timeframe and request that your constituent registers for updates specific to their Eircode via .

NBI will publish confirmation of timeframes to their website as they become available on the 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. NBI also has a dedicated email address, reps@nbi.ie, which can be used by Oireachtas members for specific queries.