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

I too acknowledge the great work being done in schools by teachers, school leaders, boards of management and everybody involved. I wish to discuss the testing and tracing. Can the Minister confirm that the school principals are being told not to tell anybody when somebody tests positive, including the teacher who is teaching that child? Teachers tell me they are being told to switch off the apps on their telephones because they are deemed by the app to be a close contact or else they are told to leave their telephones at home. Does the Minister agree with this? What does the tracing entail for schools? What duration or proximity is being looked at in terms of somebody being a close contact?