Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister and Minister of State for attending. I agree with the Minister that students should be commended. I will go further and commiserate with them as well. It has been a fairly awful year for them, particularly for students who started their third level experience in September of last year.

The Minister for Education, Deputy Foley, and the Minister of State in her Department, Deputy Madigan, appeared before the committee earlier. It is obviously great we are getting kids back to school and will, hopefully, have all of them back to school after Easter. Does the Minister have any news to give to third level students as to when it is likely they will get back to campus to enjoy the on-college experience of being at third level? Should we consider using antigen testing or are there any other measures he would like to see considered, or used, for the purpose of trying to expedite getting students back on campus?