Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 2 October 2025
311. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport for an update on the inclusion of larger rural towns such as Skerries in the national broadband plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52736/25]
View answerThe National Broadband Plan (NBP) is the Government's initiative to deliver high speed broadband services to all premises in Ireland.
The Question refers to Skerries which is predominantly located in the AMBER area on the broadband map, which is available on my Department's website: www.gov.ie/en/publication/5634d-national-broadband-plan-map/
The AMBER area is to be served by the network deployed under the NBP State led intervention.
NBI have advised that the majority of premises in Skerries are ready for service, and 2,409 premises in the Skerries Deployment area are available to order / pre order. The remaining premises are currently undergoing survey work and have an anticipated date for connection of October 2026 - December 2026.
Commercial Fixed line operators are delivering high-speed broadband services in the blue area/ non-intervention area of the map. The activities of these commercial operators are not planned or funded by the State and the Department has no statutory authority to intervene in that regard.
The latest information on when high-speed broadband will become available to the AMBER area can be found on National Broadband Ireland’s (NBI) website, at nbi.ie/map/. This website is regularly updated providing the expected timeline for delivery and status of any works that are initiated at any point in time.
NBI also has a dedicated email address, reps@nbi.ie, which can be used by Oireachtas members for specific queries.
