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 was not really nervous going back with the virus. In September, when we went back, it was more nerve-racking because I did not know what the school had in line for Covid. In March, when we went back, I was a bit more relieved because I knew what my school was doing. At the same time, I was nervous because when we went back in September, I thought we would not go back into lockdown, but then we did. I was more nervous that I would forget how to do my fractions. On the first Monday when we went back, I was in the dentist for half the morning. I did not know what school was going to be like and I could not feel half my mouth, which did not help.