Ms Áine Lynch:

Those discussions were happening before the Covid-19 pandemic but will speed up in the same way that discussions about digital technology and learning have speeded up because children are learning at home. Discussions are taking place between the Department and the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment about how the curriculum will work when children go back to school. That kind of blending of the curriculum is important anyway because learning happens across many different areas. It makes more sense to children when lessons are integrated. This time lends itself to doing exactly what the Deputy suggests.