Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 23 March 2021

Select Committee on Education and Skills

Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 26 — Education (Revised)
Vote 45 — Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Revised)

Photo of Norma FoleyNorma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

More than €639 million was made available for the entire school year, €331 million in 2020 and €308 million for 2021. On new mitigation measures or the processes for this part of the year, all the measures currently in place, and which we have been advised to put in place, have been overseen by public health. A stringent review of the mitigation measures in place was undertaken prior to the phased reopening of the schools, whether it was the special schools, primary schools or fifth and sixth years and moving forward for the-----

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