Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 13 April 2017
341. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of premises nationally forecasted to be covered by the national broadband plan and by commercial high-speed broadband services, marked blue, amber and light blue on the latest high-speed broadband map, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19062/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe table shows the number of premises covered and to be covered by the National Broadband Plan. The NBP is made up of commercial investment and a State Intervention.
The information contained in the table is derived from the data provided by commercial operators to my Department in the course of the National Broadband Plan mapping exercise. This exercise was conducted by the Department in the period from July 2013 – April 2017.
On the 4th April 2017, I published an updated High Speed Broadband Map which is available at www.broadband.gov.ie. The updated Map shows the following categories of areas for delivery of broadband:
- The BLUE areas represent those areas where commercial telecommunications providers are either currently delivering or have indicated plans to deliver high speed broadband services,
- The AMBER areas on the High Speed Broadband Map represent the areas that will require State Intervention and are the subject of the current procurement process.
The map provides information on a county by county basis. Individuals can themselves check whether their premises is in a BLUE or an AMBER area by accessing the High Speed Broadband Map and entering their Eircode at www.broadband.gov.ie.
The information below sets out the position at end 2016. The information in the table will be updated quarterly to reflect updates in the rollout.
|
County Name |
Total Number of Premises |
AMBER Premises Intervention Area |
Blue Premises commercial operators
|
LIGHT BLUE Premises Planned Commercial Rural Deployment Area * |
|
Carlow |
27,668 |
7,880 |
15,863 |
3,925 |
|
Cavan |
42,143 |
17,150 |
17,664 |
7,329 |
|
Clare |
68,488 |
23,529 |
31,023 |
13,936 |
|
Cork |
267,361 |
74,849 |
167,139 |
25,373 |
|
Donegal |
101,184 |
34,105 |
42,782 |
24,297 |
|
Dublin |
590,076 |
8,701 |
577,905 |
3,470 |
|
Galway |
133,963 |
39,335 |
67,633 |
26,995 |
|
Kerry |
89,068 |
29,090 |
34,988 |
24,990 |
|
Kildare |
89,565 |
13,371 |
67,063 |
9,131 |
|
Kilkenny |
47,650 |
17,901 |
22,445 |
7,304 |
|
Laois |
38,927 |
12,721 |
21,143 |
5,063 |
|
Leitrim |
22,263 |
11,318 |
7,949 |
2,996 |
|
Limerick |
97,173 |
22,105 |
60,036 |
15,032 |
|
Longford |
22,414 |
8,288 |
10,287 |
3,839 |
|
Louth |
60,085 |
8,755 |
43,618 |
7,712 |
|
Mayo |
83,214 |
37,046 |
30,103 |
16,065 |
|
Meath |
83,031 |
19,370 |
50,662 |
12,999 |
|
Monaghan |
32,845 |
15,792 |
12,505 |
4,548 |
|
Offaly |
36,737 |
12,420 |
18,166 |
6,151 |
|
Roscommon |
39,117 |
18,688 |
12,984 |
7,445 |
|
Sligo |
39,978 |
14,386 |
19,625 |
5,967 |
|
Tipperary |
83,976 |
30,428 |
38,048 |
15,500 |
|
Waterford |
61,506 |
16,690 |
38,562 |
6,254 |
|
Westmeath |
44,369 |
12,019 |
25,664 |
6,686 |
|
Wexford |
81,796 |
21,785 |
39,674 |
20,337 |
|
Wicklow |
63,773 |
14,286 |
44,041 |
5,446 |
|
Total |
2,348,370 |
542,008 |
1,517,572 |
288,790 |
There are c.2.3m premises covering Ireland’s 26 counties, of which approximately 542,000 premises are located in the AMBER area on the Map. These premises will require State intervention and are the focus for the procurement process which formally commenced in December 2015. The remaining 1.8m premises are located in the BLUE areas and will be/are served by commercial operators. Of the 1.8m premises, some 288,000 premises fall within eir’s plans to deliver rural high speed broadband between now and end 2018. Information on eir's planned rural deployment is available at http://fibrerollout.ie/eircode-lookup/.
