Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 13 May 2021
183. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when a school (details supplied) will be connected to the fibre broadband network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25264/21]
View answerBroadband Connection Points (BCPs) are a key element of the NBP providing high speed broadband in every county in advance of the roll out of the fibre to the home network. School BCP sites have been installed by NBI and the high speed broadband service will be switched on in these locations through service provider contracts managed by the Department of Education. My Department continues to work with the Department of Education to prioritise schools with no high speed broadband, within the Intervention Area, for connection over the term of the NBP. In this regard, an acceleration of this aspect of the National Broadband Plan was announced in December which will see some 679 primary schools connected to high speed broadband by 2022, well ahead of the original target delivery timeframe of 2026.
The school in question, Rossmore National School, is part of this accelerated programme and is due to be connected later this year.
