Duncan Smith (Dublin Fingal, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I thank Ms Magner. I will finish with a comment for Mr. Boyle. He may not have time to respond to it. I am concerned by what he said on advice being given by medical practitioners to teachers who are pregnant about returning to work. We have raised this a number of times in this committee and Dr. Ronan Glynn said last week that pregnant women are not more susceptible to Covid than anyone else. It is concerning and I echo Mr. Boyle's calls for more clarity from medical professionals to ensure that any anxiety being caused for women who are pregnant and seeking to return to work, be it in schools or anywhere else, is diminished. I thank the witnesses and the Acting Chair.