Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 8 July 2021
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills
Reopening of Further and Higher Education Institutions: Discussion
Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
I thank our guests for those answers. I am very encouraged by them. All of us are aware of the desire of students to get back on campus. This may be unfair, but sometimes there is a perception that some of the academic staff might not share that desire to get back. Our guests will correct me if I am wrong about that. If there is a situation in September whereby vaccination appears to be effective and we are in a much better place, who will make the decision as to whether lectures proceed remotely or in person? Is that a jurisdiction that rests with the individual lecturer or do the institutions have a say on whether that occurs?
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