Rose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Is the Department aware that there are cases where one bus services several different schools, including those with special needs students, who have not been asked to wear face coverings? Based on my information from teachers, it would be helpful if people, including young people with special needs, were asked to wear face coverings unless they had a medical reason not to do so. I do not think that would be a complicated process. If a parent says there is a reason that the child cannot wear a face covering, that should be adequate but the lack of clarity is bringing ambiguity to cases of pupils travelling on buses. My fear is that there will not only be one classroom or school shut down but that several schools in an area serviced by a single bus will be shut down at one time.

Does any witness foresee circumstances in which teachers will have to withdraw from the classroom?