Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

That is welcome but it is not consistent with some of the previous statements that have been made. The Minister is confirming there will be priority testing. That is vitally important and I hope we will see that happen for students and staff where it is required, within 24 to 48 hours and as soon as possible.

I will speak about high-risk staff as well but I wish to raise with the Minister the issue of high-risk families. I was contacted by many relatives of schoolchildren and school staff after the roadmap was published who were astonished that there was no reference to them at all. They still have not had that gap addressed. I sent correspondence to the Minister on behalf of one family with a parent who has leukaemia. The Minister's office responded to them saying it was the responsibility of the board of management.

That is not good enough. The fact is there is no guidance whatsoever. There is guidance for very high-risk children. There are issues with high-risk staff that need to be resolved and I will return to that. It is, however, incredible that there are parents whose children are worried about going back to school because they are worried about bringing the infection home to those parents and they have had no guidance at all. They feel ignored and neglected. It is not good enough to bounce the issue on to a board of management, which has no basis on which to make a decision because it has got nothing from the Department on it. That is a gap that needs to be resolved. Can the Minister tell me that she is going to do that?