There continue to be significant barriers to access to the internet and computer literacy in developed countries for full-time family caregivers, especially those who live in rural areas. In this paper I propose to outline these obstacles and suggest how government and other actors can overcome them, using the case study of Ireland. Although internet coverage is quite high in Ireland, many homes in areas which are covered by internet providers do not in fact have telephone landlines of sufficient quality or indeed access to a telephone line to enable connectivity. Caregivers, and those for whom they care, being the largest group at risk of poverty in Ireland, often cannot afford to pay for internet services to their homes or other alternatives, when available in their area (e.g. internet cafés, satellite services, connection via mobile phone.) It is necessary to counteract this imbalance to ensure that this disadvantage does not become further entrenched. Since full-time caregivers are mostly women, there is a gender aspect to this gap. Caregivers also tend to be weakly associated with life-long technical learning and feel that initiatives in this area are not meant to be inclusive of caregivers. Some initiatives do exist which could be adapted better to attract caregivers, and there has been some progress by government to improve connectivity. Finally, further proposals to improve access and training opportunities in the Irish context will be outlined and costed.