Broadband Infrastructure

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 16 September 2021

Thursday, 16 September 2021

Questions (153)

Bernard Durkan

Question:

153. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of new broadband connections in the past 12 months to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44350/21]

Written answers

Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications

According to the most recent Quarterly Report by ComReg, the  Quarterly Key Data Report on the Electronic Communications market for the period (1 April to 30 June), Q2 2021, which is available at www.comreg.ie/media/2021/09/ComReg-2188.pdf, the total number of live broadband subscriptions (mobile and fixed) at the end of June 2021was 1.887m, which represents a 4.2% increase on the number of subscriptions in Q2 of 2020. The majority of the fixed broadband subscriptions  in Q2 2021 were equal to or greater than 30Mpbs, with 46%  being equal to or greater than 100Mpbs.

Of the 1.5m fixed broadband subscriptions which represented a 4.0% increase since Q2 of 2020, 308,000 were fibre to the premises subscriptions, making up 19.9% of total fixed broadband subscriptions, up from 13.5% in Q2 of 2020.