Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 5 July 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills
Ireland Prison Education Strategy 2019-2022: Discussion
Mr. Fergal Black:
The reality is that this is akin to adult learning. As the director general has said, our colleagues working for the educational training boards, ETBs, have certain contracts. It is testament to the flexibility they operate that the school operates in June, there are summer programmes throughout July and essentially most schools are only closed for the month of August. It is fair to say there would be reduced capacity in July