Matt Shanahan (Waterford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The earnestness of Mr. Ó Foghlú and his colleagues today and their commitment has shone through. That is not to take from any previous civil servants here but it is plain to see that the Department is focused on trying to get as much of a solution provided as possible.

With respect to the previous conversation regarding the use of technology, the following is probably something for the future. To try to look at the degrees of variance that exist in teaching and understanding the challenges that we probably will have in the classroom in September, is there an opportunity for some of the curricula to be recorded online and presented, have that accessed in schools and let the teachers facilitate learning? The children, as Mr. Ó Foghlú will be aware, are now accessing videos on their phones, morning, noon and night. They are quite open to gaining information that way.

It would at least allow the curriculum to be rolled out at the same time to all students in the country.