Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

The European Commission recently produced a survey relating to the digital economy and society index. It concluded that we are 24th in Europe when it comes to digital skills. Who is responsible in the State for the development of digital skills? Why are we 24th out of 28 countries in terms of digital skills? Do our guests agree that this is probably important?

We always concentrate on speed. We never concentrate on encouraging good use, new uses and societal benefits by behavioural changes and so on. It is shocking to be down there with the other countries – I will not even mention them. In any event, that is not a good place to be, is it? Is it part of the job of ComReg to try to improve our digital skills?