Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank the witnesses for attending. I thank members of the trade unions, through our guests, for the great work they have done and diligence they have shown in getting schools back up and open since the end of August. I also commend members of the teaching profession on the work they have done, not only since August but throughout the summer, particularly early on when many of them were busy teaching remotely. We all recognise that the pandemic had a negative impact on the education of children. The primary concern of everyone in this room is the education of children. I thank the teaching unions and members of the teaching profession for getting children back to school because it is fundamentally important to their human and constitutional rights.

Is Mr. Christie satisfied that he has sufficient opportunity to meet the Department of Education to discuss issues of concern?

This committee cannot give the executive responses the witnesses can get from Government.