Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 10 December 2020

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills

Effects of Covid-19 on Further Education and Training: Discussion

Photo of Pauline O'ReillyPauline O'Reilly (Green Party) | Oireachtas source

Another key issue for the Government is literacy. Ms Hanney mentioned that we have approximately 500,000 functionally illiterate people in the country. Is there capacity to strengthen literacy? I know the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science has given a commitment to examine what we can do in that area.

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