Briefing document. TASC roundtable discussion. The pandemic, digital technology, and inequality in Ireland, 4 March 2021

Abstract

This meeting will discuss how the pandemic has affected existing inequalities in accessing and using digital technology and perhaps provoked new forms of ‘digital divides.’ This section of the round table will focus in particular on the impact on older people, school-age children and their parents in lower income households, new migrants and asylum seekers, and jobseekers. We will also explore the impact around the lack of access to technology and low levels of digital literacy on mental and physical health and social exclusion.