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Thursday, 16 July 2015

Department of Education and Skills

Broadband Service Speeds

Photo of Denis NaughtenDenis Naughten (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Independent)
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680. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps which she is taking to ensure that every further education and training and Youthreach centre has direct access to 100 megabite broadband; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30230/15]

Photo of Damien EnglishDamien English (Meath West, Fine Gael)
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There is a project underway at present to provide all the Training Centres and the Head Office locations of the Education and Training Boards (ETBs) with gigabit connections to the Government Cloud Network. Currently the training centres all have 50mbps connections and all internet traffic passes through SOLAS head office, but the new gigabit connections will provide the centres with direct internet access.

There are currently no plans for a national broadband programme for other ETB centres but individual ETBs make arrangements to provide appropriate access based on available infrastructure.

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