Jonathan O'Brien (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

This is an important issue. I can give the Minister an example of a school in Cork that is located 100 yds from a housing estate which has broadband access, yet the school does not have such access. The school authorities have spoken to the engineers who are dealing with the issue. It would not be cost prohibitive to extend broadband access to that school but there does not seem to be any joined-up thinking. How can we overcome that? It is crazy that this school does not have broadband access when it is located 100 yds from a housing estate that has such access. All the students who attend the school have broadband at home but they do not have it in the school environment.