Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 22 June 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs

Children's Experiences during COVID-19 Restrictions and Lockdowns: Engagement

Ms LilyRose Wogan-Martin:

I do not think we should have a national holiday. Maybe we could have a day in school where we learn about it. We all know that this pandemic will be in the schoolbooks anyway, but we could tell people what happened. I lost my granny during the pandemic and we still have not had a celebration of life. I think my auntie had one in England. It was hard because we were expecting to have one in August when it was my grandad’s birthday, but we could not.

It would be nice to learn about it in a few years time when we know more about it and we can study it in science, history or English class.