Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 2 September 2020

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response

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

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

I appreciate that there is a lot of guidance on various situations but there is nothing about this category. I will leave it at that and ask the Minister to consider the issue because it really does need to be considered. There is no reference anywhere to this category of family.

My final question relates to school transport. It is chaotic. It is a bit of an issue every year, as I am sure the Minister knows from her own county of Kerry where I am sure there are many issues with it. However, this year in particular it is extremely messy. There are such diverse levels of social distancing and private operators are offering potentially different distancing depending on the price. What is the latest update on additional capacity for school transport and will the Minister engage with the non-publically funded sector because that is a lot of traffic-----

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