Fintan Warfield (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Teachers, children and other young people have endured enough during the pandemic. They now deserve clarity and certainty. At the very least, they deserve accurate and up-to-date information so that they can make informed decisions. Some of the measures and resources associated with these decisions make no sense. Last year, 500 teachers per day were not replaced by a substitute teacher. However, the Government is only providing 200 teachers for panels under this plan. That will not even meet last year's needs, never mind the challenges of Covid-19.

There are serious issues with space and class sizes. If any good was to come from this situation, the issue of class sizes would have been dealt with once and for all.