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2022 Bianconi Avenue Citywest Business Campus Dublin 24 D24 HX03 T +353 1 671 4444 eir.ie Ms. Sarah Cremin Committee Secretariat Committee of Public Accounts Leinster House Kildare Street Dublin 2 D02 XR20 12th September 2022 Dear Ms. Cremin, regarding eir’s current and I refer to your request, on behalf of the Committee of Public Accounts, for an information note the telecommunications industry and market in Ireland in the context of the implementation of the National Broadband Plan.
Please be advised that Mr Edward Storey left the organisation in early 2021, hence the delay in our receiving your request.

investment strategy in relation future to In providing this statement, we are cognisant of the debate of the Committee of Public Accounts on this matter on 24 March 2022, to which we were directed.

eir is the largest investor in telecoms infrastructure in Ireland.
Our business has invested more than €1 billion over the last four years with a further €1 billion planned investment telecommunications through infrastructure, a critical necessity to support the needs of Ireland’s economy, education and communities, both urban and rural.
in place world class to 2026, ensuring Ireland has eir continues to invest in and expand its national fibre-to-the-home network, which will deliver high-speed broadband to 1.9milllion of the 2.3 million premises in Ireland, by 2026, of which more than 870,000 have already been passed.

eir is committed to an overall investment of approximately €250 million a year upgrading and expanding its mobile and fixed broadband network.
Through this network development, eir will offer the most extensive high-speed broadband network in Ireland.

eir's current fibre build programme is focused on urban locations, cities, towns and vil lages across Ireland.

eir is not building in the rural geographical intervention area which forms the Government’s National Broadband Plan.
Additionally, eir continues to work with National Broadband Ireland (NBI) to assist in the delivery of the National Broadband Plan, making pole and duct available as NBI aims to connect over half a million premises in its intervention zone to high-speed broadband.

A timeline of the progress of eir’s broadband infrastructure roll-out over the past five years is provided below for the Committee’s benefit.
Directors: Oliver Loomes, Stephen Tighe eir is a trading name of eircom Limited, Registered as a Branch in Ireland Number 907674 Incorporated in Jersey Number 116389 Branch Address: 2022 Bianconi Avenue, Citywest Business Campus, Dublin 24 D24 HX03 VAT registration: IE 3286434NH R1453 (ii) PAC22 eir broadband infrastructure roll-out 2018 – 2022 78% 81% 82% 85% 87% 36% .. 38% • 41% • 42% • 42% • 2.0m 02-18 Q2-19 Q2-20 Q2-21 Q2-22 - ITTH pre mis.es passed 1 - ITTC-on ly premi.sespa.ssed _.,_ '6 oftotal premisescomected %of total pre mises passed 1 I hope that this information adequately addresses the Committee’s query and I remain available to provide further clarification, should it be required.
Yours sincerely, Oliver Loomes CEO R1453 (ii) PAC22