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. Hubert Loftus:

In terms of the guidance that we will be providing to the school system before the end of July, we will make clear how space is to be managed and how that is to be done. To help the school system, we intend to have illustrative classroom layouts provided for schools, which will help them plan and organise space. The public health guidance is clear about maximising space within the school building and within the classroom to ensure there is as much space as possible to facilitate students. Obviously, if there are particular issues thereafter for individual schools, we will be available to advise and support them in terms of how that is done but the public health guidance will be the framework for helping to ensure there is that clarity for individual schools.

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