Mr. Bernard Joyce:

On the digital divide, you cannot just look at education and then not look at, for example, Traveller accommodation and where it is. There is a digital void in some areas because there is no access to Wi-Fi. Even in Dublin, some areas do not have coverage to access the Internet. There was a question about whether there was an opportunity to ensure that people have access to it. It is becoming easier to go into towns and cities and be able to access the Internet. It was not just about laptops and technologies but also about access to be able to study remotely.

Ms Joyce highlighted that it is important that the investment and supports are in place. In the last committee process in which I participated and which Senator O'Loughlin chaired, there were key recommendations. How do you progress those key recommendations across the political parties here? When people talk about accountability, they should ask how they ensure that their own parties are informed and put accountability in place as policy and in the actions in future. We welcome working with all the parties on how they might do that and on the key recommendations from today.