Timmy Dooley
Question:1042. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of premises contained within amber areas of the national broadband plan by county. [13742/19]
View answerDáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 26 March 2019
1042. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of premises contained within amber areas of the national broadband plan by county. [13742/19]
View answerThe AMBER areas on the National Broadband Plan High Speed Broadband Map represents the parts of the country that are the focus of the NBP State Intervention. The following is a document which details the number of premises in each category of the NBP High Speed Broadband Map by county for Q4 2018, which shows a total of 543,281 premises in the Amber areas.
High Speed Broadband Map County Coverage Statistics Q4 2018 National Broadband Plan
County Name |
Total Number of Premises |
AMBER Premises Intervention Area |
BLUE Premises Commercial Operators |
LIGHT BLUE Premises Planned Rural Deployment* |
Carlow Carlow |
27,994 |
7,875 |
18,052 |
2,067 |
Cavan |
42,110 |
16,995 |
23,951 |
1,164 |
Clare |
68,689 |
23,359 |
41,742 |
3,588 |
Cork |
269,952 |
74,820 |
184,183 |
10,949 |
Donegal |
101,830 |
34,107 |
65,212 |
2,511 |
Dublin |
604,412 |
10,551 |
593,585 |
276 |
Galway |
135,118 |
39,185 |
88,483 |
7,450 |
Kerry |
89,458 |
28,706 |
54,952 |
5,800 |
Kildare |
92,235 |
13,885 |
77,589 |
761 |
Kilkenny |
48,001 |
17,996 |
27,201 |
2,804 |
Laois |
39,253 |
12,772 |
24,415 |
2,066 |
Leitrim |
22,338 |
11,297 |
9,583 |
1,458 |
Limerick |
97,568 |
21,878 |
67,821 |
7,869 |
Longford |
22,308 |
8,193 |
12,401 |
1,714 |
Louth |
61,034 |
8,660 |
51,993 |
381 |
Mayo |
83,465 |
36,843 |
38,862 |
7,760 |
Meath |
86,021 |
20,256 |
63,370 |
2,395 |
Monaghan |
33,035 |
15,733 |
16,543 |
759 |
Offaly |
36,966 |
12,387 |
22,485 |
2,094 |
Roscommon |
39,089 |
18,469 |
17,618 |
3,002 |
Sligo |
40,092 |
14,314 |
23,722 |
2,056 |
Tipperary |
83,963 |
30,250 |
45,693 |
8,020 |
Waterford |
61,624 |
16,589 |
43,646 |
1,389 |
Westmeath |
44,397 |
11,963 |
30,891 |
1,543 |
Wexford |
82,535 |
21,761 |
59,620 |
1,154 |
Wicklow |
64,876 |
14,437 |
48,880 |
1,559 |
Total |
2,378,363 |
543,281 |
1,752,493 |
82,589 |
*These figures represent planned rural deployment and will reduce once premises are passed.