Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 9 February 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Protection and Support for Covid-19 Front-line Workers: Discussion

Photo of Martin ConwayMartin Conway (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Like other members, I express my heartfelt thanks to all of the witnesses and the people they represent for the work they have done.

Regarding education, and compared to the North of Ireland, where the children of essential workers are going to school, this issue has not been addressed appropriately. What are Ms Ní Sheaghdha's thoughts on it? Does she believe as I do that the children of essential workers should be going to school? Given what her members had been doing for the past 12 months, how did they feel when they saw unions reluctant to go into classrooms? There seemed to be a contrast between the two-----

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