Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)
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249. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the engagement he or the agencies under his remit has had with the National Broadband Plan in the past two months. [38197/21]

Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party)
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From the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Minister Anne Rabbitte met with Fergal Mulligan, Programme Director of the National Broadband Plan within the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications, on Friday June 18th.

The National Disability Authority were approached in December 2020 to be part of a Partnership committee being setup by National Broadband Ireland. NDA accepted the offer as the national broadband rollout is a vital enabler for all people but especially for persons with disabilities to participate in society be it education, work or leisure at any time of the day or any location, urban or rural. There is ongoing correspondence via the Partnership Committee.

The Office of the Children's Ombudsman, The Adoption Authority of Ireland, Tusla, will respond to the Deputy directly.