Timmy Dooley
Ceist:348. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of homes in each county without access to a broadband connection in tabular form. [14884/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraThursday, 29 March 2018
Ceisteanna (348)
Freagraí scríofa
I assume the Deputy's question refers to the number of premises in Ireland that do not yet have access to a high speed broadband service. In April 2017 I published an updated High Speed Broadband Map which is available at www.broadband.gov.ie. This map shows the areas targeted by commercial operators to provide high speed broadband services and the areas that will be included in the State Intervention Area under the National Broadband Plan (NBP).
The Map is colour coded and searchable by address/eircode:
- Premises in the AMBER do not currently have access to a high speed broadband connection. They are to be provided with access by the planned State led Intervention under the NBP, which is the subject of an ongoing procurement process. There are approximately 540,000 AMBER premises nationally.
- Premises in the LIGHT BLUE areas do not currently have access to a high speed broadband connection. They are to be provided with access via commercial investment as part eir's ongoing rural deployment. There are over 180,000 LIGHT BLUE premises nationally.
- Premises in the BLUE area are to be served with a high speed broadband connection by commercial operators and there are over 1.6 Million such premises nationally.
A county by county breakdown for Q4 2017 of premises in the AMBER, BLUE and LIGHT BLUE areas is attached.
Question No. 349 answered with Question No. 327.