Dr. Ronan Glynn:

NPHET met yesterday and gave advice to the Government based on the current disease indicators. In general terms, we have a long way to go before we get back to a level of reopening that we have seen previously. I would emphasise at all times that from my perspective I do not believe there is too much value at this point, given the pressures on our health service, of looking too far back in history or looking too far forward. At the moment, we need to focus on the next days and weeks. NPHET and society have a number of key priorities that we are trying to protect and keep going as much as possible. Education is one of those.