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National Broadband Plan

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 26 April 2022

Tuesday, 26 April 2022

Ceisteanna (285, 297, 298, 299, 300, 301, 302)

Michael McNamara

Ceist:

285. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide a progress report on the roll-out of the National Broadband Plan; the number of properties connected; the number of properties surveyed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20224/22]

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Colm Burke

Ceist:

297. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of premises on a county basis in tabular form still at survey pending stage under the rollout of the National Broadband Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20583/22]

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Colm Burke

Ceist:

298. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of the 227 deployment areas under the rollout of the National Broadband Plan are currently at the survey pending stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20584/22]

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Colm Burke

Ceist:

299. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of the 227 deployment areas under the rollout of the National Broadband Plan are currently at the available for order, pre-order stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20585/22]

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Colm Burke

Ceist:

300. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of premises connected to the network under the National Broadband Plan rollout to date; if these figures are on target with the number of premises to be passed by 31 March 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20586/22]

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Colm Burke

Ceist:

301. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of premises that are envisaged to be passed by year end 2022 under the network build of the National Broadband Plan; if these figures are on target as of 31 March 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20587/22]

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Colm Burke

Ceist:

302. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of premises that have been passed under the network build of the National Broadband Plan from 1 January 2022 to 31 March 2022; if these figures are on target for 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20588/22]

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Freagraí scríofa

I propose to take Questions Nos. 285, 297, 298, 299, 300, 301 and 302 together.

The National Broadband Plan (NBP) State led Intervention will be delivered by National Broadband Ireland (NBI) under a contract to roll out a high speed and future proofed broadband network within the Intervention Area which covers 1.1 million people living and working in the almost 560,000 premises, including almost 100,000 businesses and farms along with some 679 schools.

NBI continues to make steady progress on the rollout of the NBP State led intervention, with over 319,000 premises surveyed and almost 172,000 premises under construction or complete across 26 counties, demonstrating that the project is reaching scale. NBI has also confirmed that as of 15 April 2022, almost 64,000 premises are now available to order or pre-order across 22 counties, with over 47,100 premises passed across 19 counties and available for immediate connection. NBI has further advised that 9,800 premises have been connected, as of 15 April, and this is increasing on a daily basis. To date, the level of connections is in line with projections and some areas are exceeding expectations.

My Department worked with NBI to agree an Updated Interim Remedial Plan (UIRP), which recalibrates the targets for 2022 to take account of the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic and other delays to the Programme, with a revised target of 102,000 premises passed by the end of January 2023 (Contract Year 3), which was agreed earlier this month. The focus for 2022 is to continue to build momentum and catch up on earlier delays. NBI has expressed confidence to my Department that it can achieve this target. My Department will continue to monitor closely the delivery of the NBP Programme and progress on the delivery of the UIRP targets over the course of 2022.

It remains the ambition of the Government to rollout the National Broadband Plan State led intervention as quickly as possible, and to achieve this NBI will continue its focus on addressing the delays which have arisen and ensuring that the build programme gets back on track and is building momentum month on month.

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