Ms Paula Donohoe:

As a provider, my insurer has extended my insurance period for a further three months into next year. On the question of an additional administrative burden, I used to work in the classroom, which was my joy. My favourite part of the day was the three hours I spent in the room with my three to five-year olds. Unfortunately, as the workload has increased to a point that I found myself working on administration at home from 9 a.m. until midnight after I had put my child to bed, I have had to take the decision to step back and become a full-time administrator in my service. That is due to the increased burden of paperwork that pre-existed Covid-19. In light of Covid-19, we will have to put in the checks and balances that will attest to the fact that we are doing all the risk assessments, cleaning, hygiene and tracing of pods, etc. We will have an additional workload as a result of that.