Joe McHugh (Donegal, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Approximately 200 schools have registered for this and I thank every one of those schools for the work done. It is correct that they need the proper information and the guidelines must be right with respect to student and teacher safety.

Last year, a grant was awarded directly to people with Down's syndrome for primary and post-primary education. This year, we have included primary education in the summer programme and we are engaging with Down Syndrome Ireland to ensure every post-primary student with Down's syndrome is facilitated as well. That is really important. As the Deputy knows, most of the summer provision is at a primary level.

The Deputy indicated he was confused about my statement last week on schools reopening. I said last week that my clear intention and the goal both of the Government and the entire education sector was to have a full reopening of all schools for all children at the end of August and into September. There was no ambiguity there.

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