Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 10 March 2021
62. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the percentage of intervention areas in counties Longford and Westmeath under the national broadband plan which have had surveys completed to date; and the percentage that remain awaiting a survey. [13083/21]
View answer159. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the percentage of survey work in intervention areas that has been completed to date under the national broadband plan by county, in tabular form. [12747/21]
View answer160. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the percentage of survey work in intervention areas that is currently underway under the national broadband plan by county, in tabular form. [12748/21]
View answer161. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the percentage of survey work in intervention areas that has yet to be started under the national broadband plan by county, in tabular form. [12749/21]
View answerI propose to take Question Nos. 62, 159, 160 and 161 together.
The National Broadband Plan (NBP) State led Intervention will be delivered by National Broadband Ireland (NBI) under a contract to roll out a high speed and future proofed broadband network within the Intervention Area which covers 1.1 million people living and working in the over 544,000 premises, including almost 100,000 businesses and farms along with 695 schools. The deployment plan forecasts construction commenced in all counties within the first 2 years and over 90% of premises in the State having access to high speed broadband within the next four years.
I am advised by National Broadband Ireland (NBI) that, as of 24 February, over 180,000 premises across all counties have been surveyed. A breakdown of information sought in the Questions is set out in the table below.
|
COUNTY |
number of premises in the IA |
surveys completed |
% surveys completed |
% surveys underway or planned |
|
Carlow |
8,158. |
7,772. |
95% |
5% |
|
Cavan |
16,242. |
3,738. |
23% |
77% |
|
Clare |
22,592. |
3,556. |
16% |
84% |
|
Cork |
79,424. |
18,403. |
23% |
77% |
|
Donegal |
32,373. |
6,389. |
20% |
80% |
|
Dublin |
13,429. |
2,437. |
18% |
82% |
|
Galway |
38,714. |
14,914. |
39% |
61% |
|
Kerry |
26,905. |
16,382. |
61% |
39% |
|
Kildare |
13,859. |
2,818. |
20% |
80% |
|
Kilkenny |
18,300. |
5,951. |
33% |
67% |
|
Laois |
12,510. |
5,565. |
44% |
56% |
|
Leitrim |
11,595. |
3,576. |
31% |
69% |
|
Limerick |
21,231. |
8,583. |
40% |
60% |
|
Longford |
8,698. |
3,294. |
38% |
62% |
|
Louth |
8,344. |
7,845. |
94% |
6% |
|
Mayo |
36,495. |
6,895. |
19% |
81% |
|
Meath |
19,592. |
3,981. |
20% |
80% |
|
Monaghan |
15,282. |
7,421. |
49% |
51% |
|
Offaly |
12,194. |
1,275. |
10% |
90% |
|
Roscommon |
19,126. |
3,591. |
19% |
81% |
|
Sligo |
14,845. |
3,959. |
27% |
73% |
|
Tipperary |
29,759. |
8,643. |
29% |
71% |
|
Waterford |
15,000. |
6,351. |
42% |
58% |
|
Westmeath |
11,721. |
8,656. |
74% |
26% |
|
Wexford |
22,430. |
11,231. |
50% |
50% |
|
Wicklow |
15,350. |
8,285. |
54% |
46% |
|
TOTAL |
544,168. |
181,511. |
33% |
67% |
