Rose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein)
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282. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for including commercial premises in the roll-out of extended virtual campuses by a provider (details supplied); the selection criteria and process for commercial premises; if students will be able to assess the Wi-Fi without being paying customers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3353/21]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Eduroam is a service provided by HEAnet, the Education Sectors Shared Service provider of ICT Services including the provision of the Education and Research Network. This service is a mature solution across Irish higher education where students have used it to access on line services at any higher education institution not just the institution they are attending. The service is possible because the large Education institutions have strong identity management solutions in place and HEAnet manages that service and the network over which the traffic is carried. The proposed roll out to 90 locations in 2021 leverages existing infrastructure, including some commercial premises and the HEAnet network. The commercial premises included in the rollout have volunteered the use of their wifi service at no cost to the student.

Rose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein)
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283. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the anticipated cost of rolling out extended virtual campuses by a provider (details supplied) to 90 locations in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3354/21]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Eduroam is a service provided by HEAnet, the Education Sectors Shared Service provider of ICT Services including the provision of the Education and Research Network. This service is a mature solution across Irish higher education where students have used it to access on line services at any higher education institution not just the institution they are attending. The service is possible because the large education institutions have strong identity management solutions in place and HEAnet manages that service and the network over which the traffic is carried. The proposed roll out to 90 locations in 2021 leverages existing infrastructure and the HEAnet network, therefore no additional costs will arise in the majority of cases. Modest configuration costs may arise at some sites and will be met out of HEAnet’s existing funding.