Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of the €210 million that was provided under the capital plan for the upgrade to school information and communication technology and wireless networks which has been spent; the number of schools this funding has gone to; the number of schools funding will be provided for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18746/17]

Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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The Digital Strategy for Schools 2015-2020 Enhancing Teaching Learning and Assessment, sets out the Department's vision for embedding ICT in teaching learning and assessment in primary and post-primary schools. The Strategy recognises the issues schools face in relation to ICT infrastructure, and funding of €210m is committed to address these requirements over the period of the Strategy. The first tranche of funding of €30m in respect of the 2016-2017 school year has now been issued to 3,158 primary schools and 666 post-primary schools.

Details of the ICT Infrastructure Grant Scheme in respect of the 2016-2017 school year, including eligibility criteria and the methodology applied to calculating the payments, can be found on the Department's website at