Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 13 February 2013

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection

Digital Literacy: Discussion

2:10 pm

Ms Anne O'Mahony:

CoderDojo is like Cinderella waiting in the wings. The Department is aware of it and, as has been mentioned, the Minister of State, Deputy Cannon, is interested in it and its work. Irish society is lucky, in that there is a large range of voluntary movements in which people give their time freely to help young people. The GAA is a prime example. We must consider how to support such movements. In this respect, there is a great deal of positivity at political and official level. Internally, we have had contact with a number of colleagues on the question of CoderDojo and how we might support it in terms of the kinds of issue the Deputy has identified, for example, premises. That conversation is ongoing internally, but we have not reached a decision yet.

I will deal with the question on what RTE is doing in the context of the literacy and numeracy strategy. The National Adult Literacy Agency, NALA, has been doing a bit of work for us and has developed a website, helpmykidlearn.ie, which promotes literacy and numeracy. There will be a television series that will support literacy and numeracy in the general context of the strategy. We hope it will air in May.

I am sorry, but I have forgotten the final question.

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