Pádraig O'Sullivan (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I welcome all our guests this morning. We appreciate their input in getting schools back to work this week and last week. I spent 15 years teaching in five different schools. I have kept in touch with many of my colleagues from that time, including both teachers and management. There is a lot of concern out there. People are genuinely happy to be back and kids are happy to be back with their friends but there is a degree of nervousness. It is important that we are hear about the concerns of staff and students from the unions this morning.

I have a question for the representatives of the three teaching unions. Do they have an estimate of the number of their members, at both primary and secondary level, who are considered to have a serious underlying condition? How many such staff members have been excused from the physical workplace so far? How many of those whose requests to work from home were turned down are attempting to appeal that decision?