The National Broadband Plan (NBP) aims to deliver high speed services to every city, town, village and individual premises in Ireland. The Programme for Government commits to the delivery of the NBP as a matter of priority. This is being achieved through private investment by commercial telecommunications companies and through a State intervention in areas where commercial investment is not forthcoming. The formal procurement process for the State Intervention commenced in December 2015.
The High Speed Broadband Map, which is available at www.broadband.gov.ie shows the extent of the State Intervention area.
The areas marked BLUE represent those areas where commercial providers are either currently delivering or have previously indicated plans to deliver high speed broadband services. My Department continues to monitor the commercial deployment plans in the BLUE area to ensure that those services are delivered and will, if necessary, include additional premises in the formal procurement process where it is evident that services will not be provided by the commercial sector.
The areas marked AMBER on the High Speed Broadband Map represent the target areas for the State Intervention, which are the subject of the current procurement process. Premises within this area will get services of at least 30Mbps when the procurement process is completed and the network rolled out.
The map provides information on a county by county basis with a breakdown of coverage across the townlands in every county. Individuals can check whether their premises is in a BLUE or an AMBER area by scrolling through the map online or entering their Eircode.
The county breakdown for the National Broadband Plan Intervention is set out in the table, with the percentage of premises to be covered by the Intervention and through commercial investment also listed.
|
County Name
|
Number of Premises Covered by National Broadband Plan Intervention
|
% Premises within the NBP Intervention Area
|
Number of Premised covered/planned by commercial operators
|
% Premises within Commercial Operator’s Area
|
|
Carlow
|
10,555
|
39%
|
16,851
|
61%
|
|
Cavan
|
24,197
|
57%
|
18,175
|
43%
|
|
Clare
|
34,501
|
51%
|
33,657
|
49%
|
|
Cork
|
85,972
|
32%
|
181,782
|
68%
|
|
Donegal
|
52,004
|
52%
|
48,514
|
48%
|
|
Dublin
|
8,295
|
1%
|
572,053
|
99%
|
|
Galway
|
62,540
|
47%
|
71,275
|
53%
|
|
Kerry
|
51,180
|
57%
|
38,824
|
43%
|
|
Kildare
|
20,536
|
23%
|
67,791
|
77%
|
|
Kilkenny
|
22,455
|
47%
|
25,317
|
53%
|
|
Laois
|
16,201
|
42%
|
22,560
|
58%
|
|
Leitrim
|
13,326
|
60%
|
8,990
|
40%
|
|
Limerick
|
33,963
|
35%
|
63,698
|
65%
|
|
Longford
|
11,691
|
52%
|
10,891
|
48%
|
|
Louth
|
15,129
|
25%
|
45,015
|
75%
|
|
Mayo
|
50,831
|
60%
|
33,336
|
40%
|
|
Meath
|
31,171
|
38%
|
51,384
|
62%
|
|
Monaghan
|
19,551
|
58%
|
13,914
|
42%
|
|
Offaly
|
17,130
|
47%
|
19,587
|
53%
|
|
Roscommon
|
24,856
|
64%
|
14,269
|
36%
|
|
Sligo
|
18,605
|
47%
|
21,281
|
53%
|
|
Tipperary
|
41,207
|
49%
|
43,368
|
51%
|
|
Waterford
|
17,897
|
29%
|
43,098
|
71%
|
|
Westmeath
|
17,814
|
40%
|
26,563
|
60%
|
|
Wexford
|
39,308
|
49%
|
40,202
|
51%
|
|
Wicklow
|
16,574
|
26%
|
46,250
|
74%
|
|
Totals:
|
757,489
|
32%
|
1,578,645
|
68%
|
Over 750,000 premises are the focus for the procurement process, which formally commenced in December 2015 with the publication of the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (‘PQQ’) and Project Information Memorandum. On 5 July, I announced that my Department has identified that up to 170,000 premises which are currently marked BLUE on the High Speed Broadband Map are unlikely to get access to services. Further analysis is being conducted by my Department to identify these premises with a view to including them in the formal procurement process. This mapping work will conclude in the next few months and the map will be updated to reflect the changes arising.
