Mr. Michael Gillespie:

Any case of Covid-19 has to be reported to the HSE. As I mentioned earlier, a public health risk assessment is then carried out. It is up to the HSE to contact the school and carry out contact tracing. Once a student is identified as a positive case, the HSE's public health officials follow up. That is not done by the school or the principal. However, when the principal is contacted, he or she will be able to determine the close contacts from the way the school was organised that day.