Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 28 October 2020

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Covid-19 Contact Tracing: HSE

Photo of Gino KennyGino Kenny (Dublin Mid West, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

I thank all the speakers for their contributions. I have a number of questions. The second has largely been answered. The first is on testing and tracing in schools. Obviously, the imperative over the past couple of months has been to keep schools open for everybody involved. In the State's primary and post-primary schools, there are 939,000 pupils and 66,000 staff, including teachers. That is nearly 1 million people in the educational system, primary and post-primary. As of 19 October, only 10,000 tests have been done in the school system.

That equates to 1% of the school population. Are the witnesses absolutely confident in tracking and tracing in our schools at this time?

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