Verona Murphy (Wexford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

As I said, I received the Minister's written response but I found the answer was vague on timelines and the worst affected areas. I could also name many townlands in Wexford. When a statement includes the phrases "explore the feasibility of accelerating aspects of the national broadband plan roll out" or the "possibility of bringing forward premises currently scheduled for year six or seven to an earlier date", those words mean one thing to me, namely, that it will never happen.

I know children who will have left the education system by the time we are at year six or seven. How does the Government propose to tell colleges that they should educate children at home to safeguard them from Covid when they do not even have the elearning facilities to do so? It is devastating for their educational outcomes. A local Wexford website, Wexfordtoday.com, reported today that 51% of those working from home had experienced technical issues due to poor quality broadband.

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