Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 5 December 2007
271 Deputy Simon Coveney asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the percentage of households with access to broadband in each county; the percentage of households connected to broadband in each county; and the breakdown of these figures by technology. [32736/07]
View answerThe provision of broadband services is primarily a matter for the private sector. Broadband service providers operate in a fully liberalised market, regulated by the independent Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg).
ComReg are responsible for the compiling of statistics on broadband uptake. I understand that these statistics are collected on a national basis only. Details are available on www.comreg.ie .
The Central Statistics Office collected data on the uptake of broadband at local authority level in the 2006 census. This information is available at www.cso.ie/census.
