Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 2 December 2025
301. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to review a matter (details supplied); to ensure a fair operating platform for all business in Kerry; and that they would not be at a disadvantage due to a lack of high speed broadband; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67377/25]
View answerThe National Broadband Plan (NBP) is the Government's initiative to deliver high speed broadband services to all premises in Ireland.
The Programme for Government – Securing Ireland’s Future published in January 2025 sets a number of targets which include the completion of the installation of high-speed fibre broadband to 1.1 million people, including homes, farms, and businesses nationwide, by 2026.
The premises in question is in the BLUE area on the broadband map which is available on my Department's website: www.gov.ie/en/publication/5634d-national-broadband-plan-map/.
The BLUE area represents those areas where commercial providers are either currently delivering or have plans to deliver high-speed broadband services.
The Department defines high-speed broadband as a connection with minimum speeds of 30Mbps download and 6Mbps upload. Per information available at https://bbchecker.comreg.ie/, the premises in question is currently capable of receiving High-Speed Broadband with speeds of 68 Mbps from open eir’s local High Speed Broadband cabinet.
The premises is also included in open eir’s Full Fibre to the Home (FTTH) deployment programme per information available at www.openeir.ie/fibre/broadband-checker. The Department does not have sight of information that provides an estimated timeline of when open eir will provide a full fibre connection to this premises. However, my officials have contacted open eir to enquire about the expected timeframe for connecting this premises to their fibre network.
