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

Photo of Colm BurkeColm Burke (Cork North Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Regarding the actual connections to broadband in the schools themselves, do we still have a problem with some schools and do we know the scale of that problem? Teachers worked from their own homes because the vast majority of them had access. In some cases it was very difficult but they still put in the work and effort to ensure that they were able to communicate with their students. However, in my own constituency, as an example, I have one particular primary school which has difficulty accessing broadband, so it is going to have a challenge. Are there a number of places around the country where we have a major problem with schools not having access?

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