Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 2 May 2017
1284. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of new homes by county that have been connected to broadband in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20111/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe table below 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 my Department in the period from July 2013 – April 2017. The table will be updated quarterly to reflect the rollout progress of the rural deployment area represented as Light Blue on the Map.
To date over 1.4m premises in the BLUE area can access High Speed Broadband from commercial operators and progress is also being made in the LIGHT BLUE area where eir is rolling out fibre to the home to rural premises.
The ComReg quarterly report available from www.comreg.ie shows broadband subscriber numbers.
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 following table sets out the position at end 2016.
|
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 |
* These figures will reduce as the rural deployment is rolled out.
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/.
