Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Deputy Pringle mentioned public health advice and the decision to stand down our schools. I want to make it very clear that we have followed public health advice at every point. The public health advice suggested that there was a need to reduce mobility. We respected that and acted accordingly. I am very disappointed that the Deputy does not agree that it is important to give priority to children with additional needs in those circumstances. They deserve that priority. I thought that then and I think it now.

I thank Deputy Harkin for her comments. It is very positive that we are working towards the resumption of education for children with additional needs on 21 January. There are still logistics to be worked out and so on but our partners in education have confirmed that they share our objective for these children to return to education on 21 January. In terms of-----

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