Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

The figures show that 23% of the population have never accessed the Internet. The programme to which I referred has trained some 83,000 people in basic digital literacy skills. In respect of the particular cohort to which the Deputy refers, especially those who may be living in remote locations, the whole point of the benefit programme is that it sponsors these programmes in partnership with community and voluntary organisations. In those circumstances, the first step is that some kind of local organising is required, whether by the GAA or by community or residents' organisations. Those local groups are entitled to access funding and to provide courses such as those that are in place in 580 different locations.

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