Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 19 November 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills

Digital Literacy in Adults: Discussion

Mr. Bill Morrissey:

We would agree with our colleagues in An Cosán on the role played by community and voluntary groups in getting to people and encouraging them to engage with the technologies.

There is another form of literacy, which is media literacy. The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, BAI, and the various media organisations in Ireland are working together on that particular issue.

The issue of Internet safety may have been raised. That is a module within the training that the digital skills for citizens scheme incorporates.

Ultimately, in discussions that have been ongoing about development of a new national digital strategy, this issue is quite a central one. It speaks to more co-ordination between Government bodies.

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