Mr. Mark Wilson:

The responsibility for the provision of education rests with the schools and we have direct links with the Tusla education support service and the Department of Education and Skills in respect of the various categories on which we are focusing and where some support might be needed. For example, there were 32 children doing their leaving certificate this year and we had to give some definite thinking to how we would work with those at an earlier stage of the development of the pandemic. We also have children transitioning from sixth class to first year and we have a small number who came into our system but have yet to be linked with schools. Those particular children are targeted by relevant educational welfare officers and arrangements have been put in place to support them.

We have also been linking with colleagues in the Department of Rural and Community Development around library drops as a support for children. All centres are obliged to have Wi-Fi and all rooms have televisions, which can assist children in linking with programmes such as the RTÉ "Home School Hub".