Mick Barry (Cork North Central, Solidarity) | Oireachtas source

While workers will be back to work on 20 September, the teachers went back to work three weeks ago. The employer, the State, did not set a very good example in this regard either. Best practice ordains that every classroom should have a filter and a carbon dioxide monitor. Proper mitigation measures, according to Professor Orla Hegarty, would cost €10 per child. They were not put in place, however. How does the Minister of State explain that to teachers? Will he comment on that?

I listened with interest to the Tánaiste when he said he is a fan of remote working. I note that some tech giants based in the United States but with operations in this country are cutting the pay of workers in the United States who choose to work at home in areas where the cost of living is less than in the area where their office is based. Will the Minister of State join me in making an explicit call to state that under no circumstances should this policy be pursued by the tech giants here in this country?

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