Ireland, coordination
National Broadband Plan rural fibre rollout
Ireland's National Broadband Plan combined commercial investment with a state intervention contract for rural areas covering more than 560,000 premises; by October 2024 the government reported over 102,600 premises connected to the National Broadband Ireland network.
102,600 premises (over), state-intervention premises connected, 2024-10. 560,000 premises (over), premises in the state-intervention area, 2020. Government of Ireland, National Broadband Plan benefits and rollout update, retrieved 2026-08-31.
The move, and what it needed
The state defined a universal-service gap, subsidised a network builder in that gap and left commercially viable areas to private operators. A single contract, a published intervention map and connection points for community facilities let public policy steer private construction without requiring the state to own every fibre asset.
Preconditions
- A reliable map distinguishing commercial coverage from premises no operator will serve
- A procurement and subsidy contract with milestones, open access and clawback protections
- An independent regulator able to monitor build quality, wholesale access and consumer take-up
Where it travelled: The NBP travels as a gap-subsidy model: public money can extend private networks, but the benchmark must separate premises passed, connected and using the service so a rollout headline does not become a coverage claim.
Limits: The connection count is a rollout snapshot, not completion of the national plan or a measure of connection quality, take-up, affordability or economic impact. The state-intervention area is a target geography and the programme's future milestones can move with construction, demand and commercial coverage; premises passed and premises connected are different stages.
This record describes what Ireland delivered. It is linked to Public-private collaboration because no comparable dataset measures that capability. It does not affect the score or confidence.
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The same gap elsewhere
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Social and Economic Council, the institutionalised polder bargain
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eHerkenning, a public-private business identity framework
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Digipoort, an electronic post office for government–business data
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ChileCompra, a national public-procurement marketplace
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Ruta PY02 public-private road concession
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Vaca Muerta unconventional energy build-out
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Palapa Ring national fibre network
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JENDELA national digital-network plan
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UAE Pass, the shared digital identity layer
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Guatecompras, the national procurement marketplace
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