Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 4 October 2017
42. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of times he has met with the officials of a company (details supplied) since the signing of the agreement to provide 300,000 homes with broadband outside of the scope of the national broadband plan; the dates he met with the company; the officials which were present; and the nature of discussions. [41960/17]
View answerIn April, eir signed a agreement with me committing it to follow through on its commercial plans to provide new high-speed broadband infrastructure to 300,000 premises in rural areas. Eir has committed to doing this work over a 90-week period. A copy of the commitment agreement is available on my Department's website: www.dccae.gov.ie. Quarterly updates on progress of the eir 300k roll-out are published on my Department's website.
In line with the published agreement there are regular review meetings between officials from my Department and eir, the purpose of which is to monitor this roll-out and ensure that eir meets its obligations under the agreement. I am not involved on a day-to-day basis in this detailed monitoring.
