Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 26 August 2020
Special Committee on Covid-19 Response
State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases
Mr. Paul Reid:
Again, I will not comment on that particular issue because the news report is all I have heard on it. On the guidance to schools, in fairness to the Department of Education and Skills and the school principals, they are working through a very difficult situation. The absolute guidance, as they have repeated themselves and as the Minister said last night, is to aim for a 2 m distance throughout the whole school setting. What I have seen so far is a really strong engagement by principals and schools to implement that. Obviously, it is very challenging in some schools versus others. Our guidance would absolutely be to avoid mass gatherings where possible.
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