Rose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The challenge is that schools are obviously operating in real time. We must allow enough flexibility for the older schools to be able to have these facilities as well. Otherwise we are creating a real inequality. We must work in real time and in the here and now, in the same way as we do in terms of ventilation, having clean air in schools and all of those things. The problem in general with the approach of the Minister and the Department is that everything will be okay in time to come. However, teachers are at the coalface and have to meet the challenges here and now. They have to ensure there is equality within their own schools and between schools as well to meet the real needs of the students who are there currently.

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