Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 2 September 2020

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response

Covid-19: Review of the Reopening of Schools (Resumed)

Mr. Mark O'Connor:

I will answer very quickly. The 87% relates to schools. Slightly over 9% are returning to school on a staggered basis. They will attend school for a number of days and avail of remote learning for a number of days for the first few weeks. A further 3% or 4% will avail of remote learning only. We suspect that these are mainly people with high medical needs. I know the topic of today's meeting is not day services but, as we understand it, the vast majority of adult day services will have returned by the end of this week, albeit not on a full-time basis. Anecdotally, we are hearing that people are getting anything from two to three days a week. That is probably an issue for a different Minister but these services have not received the same funding as schools with regard to reopening.

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