Mr. Seán Ó Foghlú:

Mar a luaigh an Teachta, tá fíor-iarracht á dhéanamh againn chun treoirlínte a chur amach i nGaeilge agus i mBéarla ag an am céanna. Tá a fhios agam go bhfuil sé deacair nuair atáimid ag obair leis na grúpaí ar fad go dtí an t-am deireanach, ach tá fíor-iarracht ann é sin a dhéanamh agus is féidir leis an Teachta glacadh leis go ndéanfaimid sin más féidir linn.

The Deputy highlighted a number of issues relating to distance within classrooms and so on. Those issues are addressed in the guidance that has been given to us but we have to work up the guidelines for schools and are seeking to do so. There is different guidance for different age groups in primary schools and different guidance again for post-primary. There is a change in the concept of distance between desks to also focusing on distances between pupils and the distance between the teacher and the students. We are working all of those through and are happy that the guidance will cover different layouts. We will have to maximise all the space in classrooms and that will be a big issue for us.

I will bring in Ms Tansey on well-being and bringing students with us when they re-enter schools. It is an important issue to mention to the committee in the context of the Deputy's question on students being distanced from schools on their return.