John Connolly (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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This is an area we are all learning about, and teachers and principals are dealing with it at the coal face because the people who are potentially most harmed are in front of them every day. They are dealing with issues the children are bringing to them that are new to them as well, possibly, and doing so very well, I find. The way teachers are dealing with this is commendable of the profession. There is the term "digital native". I do not want to be offensive to anybody but I am not sure if the cohort of teachers throughout the system would be all digital natives. Certainly, teachers in schools are dealing with this very well, and it is a very significant challenge.

On the last point Mr. Bell made about a general body being responsible for coming in and updating the teaching profession on the latest developments in this area, is there any feedback on Oide and how it is doing that?