366. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether standard Section 254 and MapRoad Licensing, MRL, frameworks between local authorities and telecommunications providers accommodate minor public footpath excavations for last-metre domestic broadband connections; and what guidance is provided to local authorities, including Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, to resolve lead-in infrastructure deficits between public footpaths and private curtilages in mature housing estates. [70392/26]

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366. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether standard Section 254 and MapRoad Licensing, MRL, frameworks between local authorities and telecommunications providers accommodate minor public footpath excavations for last-metre domestic broadband connections; and what guidance is provided to local authorities, including Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, to resolve lead-in infrastructure deficits between public footpaths and private curtilages in mature housing estates. [70392/26]

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1. 6 October 2026

   Broadband Infrastructure

   366. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether standard Section 254 and MapRoad Licensing, MRL, frameworks between local authorities and telecommunications providers accommodate minor public footpath excavations for last-metre domestic broadband connections; and what guidance is provided to local authorities, including Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, to resolve lead-in infrastructure deficits between public footpaths and private curtilages in mature housing estates. [70392/26]

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