As outlined in my recent reply of 24 November, there are 69,225 premises in County Clare of which 22,592 (33%) are within the intervention area for the National Broadband Plan.
The information requested by the Deputy is not available in my department.
As part of its network deployment and communications plan, NBI has prepared a map detailing the rollout of the broadband network by county. The NBI website also provides details at individual premises level through its website which is searchable by eircode. This provides updates to interested parties regarding what stage individual premises are at in the deployment process and offers an option to be kept updated on developments. This information is regularly updated so that the most up to date information can be provided, as premises move through the various stages of deployment. Further information on deployment activities associated with the rollout can be found on the NBI website http://www.nbi.ie.
I am advised by NBI that, as of 23 November 2020, over 136,000 premises across all counties have been surveyed which is ahead of the full year survey target of 120,000 that had been projected by the company. Surveys have been completed in County Clare in the areas of Cratloe, Ballycannan, Ballyglas and Cloghrea and NBI indicative dates for fibre connections for premises in these areas, which are close to the border of Limerick, is mid 2021. Further surveys have recently concluded in the areas around Kilkishen but deployment information is not yet available from NBI for this location.
I am aware that concerns have been raised regarding the level of information available on the deployment of the NBI network and I am advised that NBI is working to publish more detail on the deployment programme on its website, with a rolling update on network build plans. This will ensure that the most up to date information for specific areas is being provided by NBI and is available and easily accessible by all.
