Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 2 July 2020
Special Committee on Covid-19 Response
Impact of Covid-19: Education – Return to School and School Transport
Mr. Paul Rolston:
We did a survey in the middle of the leaving certificate which indicated that there were a significant number of people who were having problems like that. As for an exact percentage, I could not give one to the Deputy, but it is significant and if recollection serves it is over 30% of people who had little or no access. The problems were twofold. First, there was broadband and, second, there was access to devices, or an insufficient broadband facility where a number of devices were using one hotspot or broadband facility. It was quite high, in excess of 30%.
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