Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 21 February 2018
179. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of premises passed under the Eircom commitment contract in Q2, Q3 and Q4 of 2017 that were deployed by means of eVDSL, LR-VDSL or were otherwise not fibre-to-the-premises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9015/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe number of eVDSL premises passed by eir under the terms of the April 2017 Commitment Agreement for the three Quarters referenced by the Deputy is set out below:
Quarter 2 2017: 0 premises
Quarter 3 2017: 2,918 premises
Quarter 4 2017: 392 premises
Premises passed will now be able to avail of eVDSL enabled services which include speeds from 30Mbps up to and including 100Mbps. Information on eir's planned rural deployment is available at http://fibrerollout.ie/eircode-lookup. Quarterly updates on eir's rural deployment are published on this website. Of the 300K planned rural deployment, my Department has verified that eir has passed a total of 121,000 premises as at Quarter 4 2017.
A copy of the Commitment Agreement is available on my Department’s website www.dccae.gov.ie.
