Mr. Aidan O'Shea:

No. I recall that it was a frustrating time for us because we had many requests for students to travel. At the time, people could travel to this country, with the restrictions as they were, but they could not come to classes.

We were allowed to reopen with students who had been studying online and they could come into classes with the 2-metre restrictions at the time. So instead of 15 students per class there were only four or five students. In September 2021, we were allowed a full reopening whereby we were then allowed to recruit students from abroad. I remember well speaking to fellow schools and members at the time about the frustration for us of seeing tourists come into the country, play golf, go to hotels and do other activities but they could not come in and study the English language. We were restricted to just offering classes to students who had been studying online and were based in Ireland coming into classes. Months later, in September 2021, we were allowed to recruit new students.