Digital Skills

Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 2:32 pm on 25 January 2022.

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Photo of Rhun ap Iorwerth Rhun ap Iorwerth Plaid Cymru 2:32, 25 January 2022

(Translated)

Thank you for that response. A week ago, I questioned the health Minister on a number of issues, including how we can ensure that more steps are taken in terms of developing the digital response to COVID, and developing the Welsh NHS app for example. I'll quote from the Minister's answer here:

'oh my gosh, Rhun, I'm just as eager as you are to see that developing. One of the problems that we have with those digital issues is that we don't have enough people who have the digital skills in our systems.'

What is the First Minister going to do, given that that is the situation in view of the health Minister, so that we can use the pandemic, and the situation we're in, and the difficulties we faced in developing the app and so on, to move things on and to accelerate the process of providing our workforce, and our young people in particular, with the digital skills that Wales needs?