Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 17 November 2020
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills
Key Priorities and the Effects of Covid-19 on the Education System: Department of Education
Rose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein)
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The Minister does not see it as a problem in the school where all the responsibility is left on the shoulders of the principal being told to keep it secret and not to tell even the teacher involved.
Obviously the teacher involved would be a close contact of the student. What if that teacher shared a household with high-risk family members? Is it right that they are not told they are a close contact of the student involved?