Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Deputy for raising this question. I mentioned earlier that all the processes and measures we have in place were reviewed by public health officials prior to the return to school. Regarding the specific measures in place should an incident arise in a school, we have enhanced school teams, with public health being supported by personnel from the Department of Education. There is also a facility whereby any testing that takes place in school will be fast-checked or "red-batched", as it is called, so it gets priority testing. There is also a seven day per week helpline available to all principals to support them if any incidents occur in a school. There is significant support in schools should any incident occur there.