Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 25 June 2020

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response

Special Educational Needs: Impact of Covid-19 (Resumed)

Photo of Gary GannonGary Gannon (Dublin Central, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

That was not an additional grant. It was a grant that had previously been made available for schools that had high-performing or good ICT strategies. It was not an additional grant; it was just a grant that was brought forward. It worked out at €2,900 for a school of 160 students. That would pay for approximately three devices. A school of 750 students would have got approximately €17,000 from the fund, which would buy 17 devices. Clearly, that is not enough to bridge the digital divide in any way should the virus re-emerge in the autumn.

Is it anticipated that more money will be made available for that provision?

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