Mairead Farrell (Galway West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I wish to speak on section 4 because we have not spoken about what it actually provides for in respect of the exemption for student nurses and midwives.

It is quite important we recognise the role student nurses and midwives have played in the course of the pandemic. It is important when we are discussing the section that it is put on the record, particularly as they are on temporary placement away from home and given the huge impact they have had in dealing with the pandemic.