Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I am giving the Deputy that clarity. The decisions on public health and what should and should not operate within a school are made by public health and only by public health. That was the process agreed by the partners in education and is the agreed process both in school and outside the school environment. I believe that that is what is happening elsewhere and it is what should happen in schools as well. Public health has the experience, the expertise and the professionalism and it is appropriate that they would make the decisions as regards-----