Update on the delivery of the National Broadband Plan - January 2023

Key achievements

Over 27,600 premises across the country were connected to high speed broadband under the National Broadband Plan (NBP) by the end of last year.

Additionally, National Broadband Ireland (NBI) has already achieved its target to pass in excess of 100,000 premises by the end of its third contract year (end of January 2023), having passed more than 109,000 premises by the end of 2022.

Throughout the year, Minister of State Ossian Smyth, the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications and NBI visited citizens, business and communities who were benefitting from the new high speed network across the country including in Kerry, Carlow, and at this year’s National Ploughing Championships.

In 2022, the department also published its Benefits Report, highlighting the positive impact reliable broadband services have on equitable economic and social development in Ireland. The report also showed how Ireland is already a strong performer within the EU with 58% of Irish households able to access a broadband speed of 1 Gigabit or more; compared to the EU27 average of 51%.

• Fibre Cabling: 17,297km of fibre cable installed by NBI across the country
• Civil Works: 53,500 Poles upgraded by Openeir or installed by NBI
• Build Works: 135,296 Premises are undergoing Main Fibre Build
• Premises Passed: 109,267 Premises have been Passed by the NBI Network across 26 Counties
• Connections: 27,682 Connections have been completed by the NBI Network across 26 Counties
• 117,930 Premises available for pre-order/order

All data sourced from NBI, as of 31 December 2022. More information can be found on the NBI website. Information on the current Key Indicator statistics can also be found on the NBI website.

The Blue area on the NBP map represents areas already covered by commercial operators providing high speed broadband services and which does not fall under the NBP State Intervention Area.

Any consumer in a Blue area who is experiencing difficulties in obtaining high speed broadband that is defined as minimum speeds of 30Mbps download and 6Mbps upload should contact their broadband service provider to investigate the issue and to determine the reason why broadband speeds are slow or that service cannot be provided.

Contacting NBI

General email contact - contactus@nbi.ie

Elected representatives email contact - reps@nbi.ie

By phone: 0818 624 624

Contacting the department

You can contact the department through our customer service query form.

The NBP State led intervention is being delivered by 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 over 560,000 premises, including almost 100,000 businesses and farms along with some 679 schools.

The process of delivering fibre to all homes in the Intervention Area is progressing with momentum and in 2023, NBI will continue to pass homes and businesses with the new high speed network, bringing them access to world class broadband infrastructure.

The NBP falls within the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications.