Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Friday, 10 July 2020
Special Committee on Covid-19 Response
Impact of Covid-19: Education – Return to School and School Transport (Resumed)
Mr. Seán Ó Foghlú:
The State's overall approach is to do that as speedily as possible in the school context. I would not assume that a case in a school will mean that school closes. With these new arrangements, that decision will be made on a case-by-case basis by the health authorities. Those initial schools that closed made a call in one way, but we will have a different regime in place as schools open and a decision may be made that a group in a class, a class or some staff members should not attend. We must wait and see, because this is all about the scenario where and how it arises. We do, however, need that testing regime so that we can get back in quickly.
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