Ms Sarah O'Connell:

I do not know. From speaking to Tusla and officials in the Department of Education, it appears that there is complete confusion. We have obviously seen major issues with attendance. I believe the campaign around attendance has caused issues because schools are now really going after attendance. Schools that would have been supportive of parents up until now and had no issue with the reduced timetable are suddenly now asking parents for X, Y and Z. Obviously, we understand that they are concerned about the drop in attendance, but long Covid has to be factored into that. There needs to be a plan for how schools can deal with it.