Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The outbreaks, as determined by public health, have been at a very low level. Close contact testing results have had a positivity rate of 2.4%, compared with the rate in the wider community which is in excess of 10%. Professor Philip Nolan has reported an increase among young people but we have not seen that detection or transmissibility within our school environments. That was confirmed as late as yesterday. That speaks to the very strong mitigation measures in place in our schools and, in particular, the work being done on the ground by school staff and the students themselves who are very much abiding by the measures that have been put in place. A strong body of work continues in our schools in that respect.