Paudge Connolly (Cavan-Monaghan, Independent)

I seek the adjournment of Dáil Éireann under Standing Order 31 to discuss the following matter of urgent public and national concern, namely, the report of the National Centre for Technology in Education which found 20% of computers in schools are unusable and many others use old and virtually obsolete operating systems, such as Windows 95, 98 and 2000 for which technical support can no longer be obtained. It also found a further 11% of PCs require upgrading or repairs, 19% of all working computers are more than six years old and 29% of computers in primary schools are beyond repair. The report calls for substantial ICT investment by the Government in primary and second level schools to ensure our students are able to fully benefit from constantly evolving information technology.

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