343. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if his attention has been drawn to instances in urban and suburban areas where premises are officially recorded as 'passed' and 'commercially covered' on broadband mapping databases, yet network operators refuse to complete connections due to minor lead-in civil works on public footpaths; what regulatory oversight exists to prevent operators from reporting false availability metrics; and if his Department will establish a framework requiring commercial operators to bridge last-metre public domain footpath gaps to mature residential estates. [70391/26]

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343. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if his attention has been drawn to instances in urban and suburban areas where premises are officially recorded as 'passed' and 'commercially covered' on broadband mapping databases, yet network operators refuse to complete connections due to minor lead-in civil works on public footpaths; what regulatory oversight exists to prevent operators from reporting false availability metrics; and if his Department will establish a framework requiring commercial operators to bridge last-metre public domain footpath gaps to mature residential estates. [70391/26]

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1. 6 October 2026

   Broadband Infrastructure

   343. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if his attention has been drawn to instances in urban and suburban areas where premises are officially recorded as 'passed' and 'commercially covered' on broadband mapping databases, yet network operators refuse to complete connections due to minor lead-in civil works on public footpaths; what regulatory oversight exists to prevent operators from reporting false availability metrics; and if his Department will establish a framework requiring commercial operators to bridge last-metre public domain footpath gaps to mature residential estates. [70391/26]

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