Rose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I was looking for that update because there are people who are being told right now that it will be three to five years before they will get the connectivity they need in order to be able to study online. Could unused on-campus accommodation be offered at a subsidised rate to students who have no Internet connectivity at home? That accommodation should also be looked at for students whose home lives are not conducive to them participating fully in third level education. We need to find innovative ways around all of this to make sure that things are accessible.

I am also concerned that students are being charged for the use of digital hubs that have been publicly funded. One student I spoke to last week is being charged €50 a month for that service. Surely it cannot be right that we publicly fund those hubs and then seek to charge students at the same time.

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