Gino Kenny (Dublin Mid West, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

I thank the witnesses for attending. Some of my questions have been answered so I will not go over them. The past six months have been surreal, to say the least. The task that the education sector has endured has been mammoth logistically and incredibly difficult for all concerned: pupils, teachers and anybody who works in the sector. It is a different environment from what it was. The world is a different place to what it was six months ago and the classroom is a different place to what it was six months ago physically and emotionally for all concerned.

My question is rather simple. Are the witnesses satisfied thus far with the provisions the Department of Education and Skills made to get things right this week and last week as children go back to school? This has been extremely difficult for everybody involved. Thus far, are the witnesses satisfied with the provisions made by the Department for all educational settings, particularly primary and secondary schools?