# national-broadband-plan - Wednesday 29 June, 2022
# NBP
# NBP
The NBI have said that there have been over 330,000 premises surveyed so far, of 544,200 premises in total.
# national-broadband-plan - Thursday 17 February, 2022
# Good Information Project
# Good Information Project
This month’s Open Newsroom looks at Ireland’s digital strategy, and what needs to be done to avoid leaving certain demographics behind.
# national-broadband-plan - Wednesday 11 August, 2021
# National Broadband Plan
# National Broadband Plan
The company says the move means that 1.9m or 84% of premises in the country will have access.
# national-broadband-plan - Tuesday 25 August, 2020
# NBP
# NBP
Much of the contract is redacted due to “commercially sensitive” material.
# national-broadband-plan - Tuesday 3 March, 2020
# NBP
# NBP
The Government signed off on a €3 billion contract for the NBP last November.
# national-broadband-plan - Thursday 16 January, 2020
# Rural Ireland
# Rural Ireland
300 Broadband Connection Points are due to be set up in GAA clubs, community centres and public libraries.
# national-broadband-plan - Tuesday 19 November, 2019
# Controversy
# Controversy
The cabinet met this morning to facilitate signing off on the multi-billion euro plan.
# national-broadband-plan - Friday 15 November, 2019
# Approved
# Approved
The decision means the contract for the €3 billion plan can be signed.
# national-broadband-plan - Tuesday 27 August, 2019
# Rural Broadband
# Rural Broadband
Fianna Fáil’s Timmy Dooley said the decision to proceed is a matter for government.
# national-broadband-plan - Saturday 24 August, 2019
# Rural Broadband
# Rural Broadband
The fees were paid to firms for advice given from 2013 to date.
# national-broadband-plan - Wednesday 21 August, 2019
# National Broadband Plan
# National Broadband Plan
Government sources state that more delays will come at further extra costs.
# national-broadband-plan - Tuesday 20 August, 2019
# National Broadband Plan
# National Broadband Plan
The project which will see the roll-out of a State-subsidised broadband service across the country.
# national-broadband-plan - Thursday 25 July, 2019
# Rural Wifi
# Rural Wifi
Watt caused controversy recently when documents warning the government against proceeding with the NBP were published.
# national-broadband-plan - Wednesday 17 July, 2019
# Broadband Row
# Broadband Row
The company’s CEO raised the alternative cost at an Oireachtas committee last month.
# national-broadband-plan - Monday 8 July, 2019
# National Broadband Plan
# National Broadband Plan
Eir’s CEO told an Oireachtas committee recently that it could deliver the NBP for less than €1 billion.
# national-broadband-plan - Wednesday 3 July, 2019
# Crossed Wires
# Crossed Wires
Eir’s CEO said last week that it could deliver the NBP for far less than the approved bidder.
# national-broadband-plan - Wednesday 26 June, 2019
# National Broadband Plan
# National Broadband Plan
The company’s CEO Carolan Lennon has said Eir could implement the National Broadband Plan for less than €1 billion.
# national-broadband-plan - Tuesday 25 June, 2019
# Rural Wifi
# Rural Wifi
Government announced that it is to proceed with its plans for the €3 billion NBP
# national-broadband-plan - Saturday 22 June, 2019
# FOI
# FOI
Documents released under FOI show how members of the Cabinet privately raised concerns about the plan.
# national-broadband-plan - Tuesday 18 June, 2019
# National Broadband Plan
# National Broadband Plan
Robert Watt warned ‘strongly recommended against’ the decision to proceed with the NBP.
# national-broadband-plan - Tuesday 14 May, 2019
# Granahan McCourt
# Granahan McCourt
National Broadband Ireland – set up by investors Granahan McCourt – said this initial investment is “at risk first”.
# national-broadband-plan - Saturday 11 May, 2019
# Timing
# Timing
The former minister took part in a heated debate on RTÉ’s Saturday with Katie Hannon this afternoon.
# national-broadband-plan - Wednesday 8 May, 2019
# 2012-2019
# 2012-2019
The government has finally approved the National Broadband Plan.
# National Broadband Plan
# National Broadband Plan
Minister Paschal Donohoe has told the Dáil that no projects would be delayed or in risk because of the plan.
# Secretary General
# Secretary General
The broadband plan will cost €3 billion.
# National Broadband Plan
# National Broadband Plan
Cabinet yesterday signed off on the National Broadband Plan.
# national-broadband-plan - Tuesday 7 May, 2019
# Rural Broadband
# Rural Broadband
The first homes will be connected next year, but some will be waiting up to seven years for broadband.
# Your Say
# Your Say
Opposition parties claim the plan is not good value for money.
# national-broadband-plan - Friday 26 April, 2019
# WiFi
# WiFi
The plan aims to bring high-speed internet to smaller towns and one-off homes around Ireland.
# national-broadband-plan - Sunday 10 March, 2019
# National Broadband Plan
# National Broadband Plan
The National Broadband Plan was due to be finished next year – but work is yet to even start.
# national-broadband-plan - Wednesday 27 February, 2019
# National Broadband Plan
# National Broadband Plan
The Taoiseach said he will make a decision on the final bidder before Easter.
# national-broadband-plan - Saturday 23 February, 2019
# Rural Broadband
# Rural Broadband
Seven years after it was announced, there’s still little clarity on the cost – or the size – of the long-awaited rural broadband network.
# national-broadband-plan - Thursday 6 December, 2018
# National Broadband Plan
# National Broadband Plan
That was according to the Secretary General of the Department of Communications Mark Griffin.
# national-broadband-plan - Tuesday 4 December, 2018
# National Broadband Plan
# National Broadband Plan
Former minister Denis Naughten also addressed the Dáil this evening.
# national-broadband-plan - Tuesday 27 November, 2018
# Review Published
# Review Published
The review relied on statements by Naughten, David McCourt and others as no formal minutes were taken at these meetings.
# national-broadband-plan - Friday 19 October, 2018
# National Broadband Plan
# National Broadband Plan
Denis Naughten resigned last week over revelations that he met with the businessman four times.
# national-broadband-plan - Thursday 18 October, 2018
# Pressure
# Pressure
The Taoiseach believes Breen’s involvement is not a resigning matter.
# national-broadband-plan - Wednesday 17 October, 2018
# National Broadband Plan
# National Broadband Plan
The review follows the resignation of Denis Naughten as Communications Minister over his dinners with David McCourt.
# national-broadband-plan - Tuesday 16 October, 2018
# Broadband Plan
# Broadband Plan
Taoiseach repeated today that he did not think it was a resigning matter.
# national-broadband-plan - Friday 12 October, 2018
# National Broadband Plan
# National Broadband Plan
Pressure has been mounting on Breen to clarify the nature of his meetings with McCourt.
![The government has published the [heavily redacted] details of the National Broadband Plan contract](https://img2.thejournal.ie/article/5185719/river?version=5185854&width=230)
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