Patrick Costello (Dublin South Central, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I have one more question. We have all been working from home and there has been some element of blended learning, in children learning remotely and engaging in online education and such. Obviously, there is a huge digital divide to this both in geographic terms in broadband connectivity and in socioeconomic terms. If blended learning is going to be a feature of our education system in the future as a result of this pandemic, what steps will the Department take to ensure that children in schools in the Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools, DEIS, programme or children in disadvantaged areas will not fall behind or miss out on opportunities more advantaged schools will get?