Mr. Seán Ó Foghlú:

We do not and cannot put a figure on the equipment, the sanitising and so on because we are in a tender process and have to be very careful about that. We can, however, give the guarantee we will fund it all. We also want to try to get the best value for money, obviously, as part of this. The principals' network bodies, the unions representing principals and the management authorities are working through these precise issues as to what the nature of demand will be for the additional staff. We are working through those issues with them. We cannot be definitive about them but they will involve a mixture of better organisation of substitution, with a probable need for more substitution, given that classes cannot be covered for the first day by other teachers, and the expectation that there will be a higher level of absence, given that we want teachers and other staff, and indeed students, to stay away if they are showing any symptoms. We have to work through these issues with them. We cannot be definitive about the numbers but we can assure the principals that we are working with their representative bodies and will have definitive information published by the end of the month.