Denis Naughten (Roscommon-Galway, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Why is that being trialled at the moment? The schools have had high-speed connections since 2016. That was funded by the Department with responsibility for communications in the past decade. Why has there been such a time lag from the infrastructure being put in place to the pilot being put in place? I accept this is not just an island issue. In the constituency I represent, in County Galway, we have a lot of small rural secondary schools where we could expand the subject choice for students by using the connection the taxpayer paid for more than half a decade ago. Why has it taken so long? What is the time lag with the engagement with the education authorities on this?