Cathal Crowe (Clare, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

That is good to know. I am happy with Dr. Kelleher's answer.

A number of school principals have contacted me. I was a schoolteacher until February. Where a school has a confirmed Covid case, the principal is obliged to get in contact immediately with the HSE, and the HSE then takes on a communications co-ordinating role. That sounds ideal, and this was designed initially in order that the principal would not be burdened with the huge task of doing a little contact tracing and speaking to classes and parents. All of that is fine, but in reality it is taking in some instances 24 hours or longer for that whole communications chain to come full circle. Meanwhile, the school principal is in the staff room facing down colleagues, knowing that there has been a Covid case in the school. There are colleagues going home to elderly parents. Children in the class could be unwell. Within what kind of timeframes is the HSE doing the school communication turnaround? The principals I have talked to and the Irish Primary Principals Network find it grossly inadequate and it is really putting pressure on the principals. They are going around basically gagged for a 24-hour period knowing there is a heightened risk in their school but also knowing they cannot speak about it to others in their staff and school community.