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

I will move on now to the third-level institutions. Dr. Ronan Glynn and others are telling us that Covid-19 is being disproportionately spread by younger people who are mainly asymptomatic, as was alluded to earlier. Today we heard about outbreaks in universities in Dundee and Liverpool, with 500 students in isolation in Dundee and 80 students and seven staff infected in Liverpool. Tens of thousands of students will be criss-crossing this country from Monday onwards to attend colleges in Dublin and elsewhere. Many of these young people will be living away from home for the first time. Is it realistic to expect them to adhere to the rules on and off campus to the same extent as they might do in their home environment? Have the witnesses any advice for the Government on the handling of Covid-19 in third level institutions? Will face-to-face teaching have to end, even on a temporary basis?